Eoptychites evolutus Spath 1934 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1934. Catalogue of Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, The Ammonoidea of the Trias. 1-521

Belongs to Eoptychites according to L. F. Spath 1934

Sister taxon: Eoptychites obliqueplicatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kiunglung Camp, SW of Niti Pass (subrobustus Zone), which is in a Spathian marine horizon in India

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kiunglung Camp, SW of Niti Pass (subrobustus Zone)

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