Ophimullericeras paullae Jenks et al. 2021 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Mullericeratidae

Full reference: J. F. Jenks, T. Maekawa, D. Ware, Y. Shigeta, A. Brayard and K. G. Bylund. 2021. Late Griesbachian (Early Triassic) ammonoids and nautiloids from the Dinwoody Formation at Crittenden Springs, Elko County, Nevada. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 86:1-23

Belongs to Ophimullericeras according to J. F. Jenks et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMMNH P-81687, a shell. Its type locality is NMMNH L-12682, Long Canyon, which is in a Griesbachian marine mudstone in the Dinwoody Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 53.8

Distribution: found only at NMMNH L-12682, Long Canyon

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