Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
Alternative combinations: Gyrolecanites impressus, Lecanites impressus
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Ambites according to D. Ware et al. 2018
See also Spath 1934 and Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Ambites atavus, Ambites bjerageri, Ambites bojeseni, Ambites discus, Ambites ferruginus, Ambites frechi, Ambites lilangensis, Ambites nyingmai, Ambites radiatus, Ambites rupestris, Ambites subradiatus, Ambites superior, Ambites tenuis, Ambites wissneri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hills east of Kutna, Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate limestone in the Lower Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 54.8
Distribution: found only at Hills east of Kutna, Lower Ceratite Limestone, Salt Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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