Wasatchites orientalis Spath 1934 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

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 Wasatchites according to L. F. Spath 1934

Sister taxa: Wasatchites deleeni, Wasatchites distractus, Wasatchites macconnelli, Wasatchites perrini, Wasatchites procurvus, Wasatchites spinatus, Wasatchites tardus, Wasatchites tridentinus, Anawasatchites spathi, Anawasatchites specious, Anawasatchites kindlei, Anawasatchites vlasovi, Anawasatchites dawsoni, Anawasatchites merrilli

Type specimen: BMNH C. 37180. Its type locality is Toeboelopo, which is in an Olenekian marine horizon in Indonesia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Toeboelopo

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