Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Mullericeratidae
Invalid subtaxa: Aspidites vidharba Diener 1897 [replaced name], Koninckites vidharba Diener 1897 [replaced name], Meekoceras (Koninckites) vidharba Diener 1897 [replaced name], Mullericeras vidharba Diener 1897 [replaced name]
Full reference: D. Ware and H. Bucher. 2018. Systematic palaeontology, in Griesbachian and Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Salt Range, Pakistan. Fossils and Strata 63:11-175
Belongs to Ussuridiscus according to D. Ware and H. Bucher 2018
See also Diener 1897, Ware and Bucher 2018 and Ware et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Ussuridiscus ensanus, Ussuridiscus varaha, Ussuridiscus ventriosus
Type specimens:
- Ussuridiscus ornatus: PIMUZ30481. Its type locality is Nammal Nala, LMH-4, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone/breccia in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.
- Koninckites vidharba: Its type locality is Shalshal Cliff near Rimkin Paiar, Otoceras Beds, which is in a Griesbachian carbonate limestone in India.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of India (4 collections), Pakistan (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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