†Eoptychites obliqueplicatus Waagen 1895 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Alternative combination: Proptychites obliqueplicatus
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Eoptychites according to L. F. Spath 1934
See also Diener 1897 and Waagen 1895
Sister taxon: Eoptychites evolutus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Koofri, bed 10 (Stachella beds), Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 57.0
Distribution: found only at Koofri, bed 10 (Stachella beds), Salt Range
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