Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Alternative combination: Oppelia plicodiscus
Synonym: Streblites habyensis Spath 1928
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1875. Jurassic fauna of Kutch, the Cephalopoda. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 9. Memoir 1(2-4):23-247
Belongs to Streblites according to M. K. Howarth and N. J. Morris 1998
See also Collignon 1959, Howarth 1998 and Spath 1928
Sister taxa: Oppelia (Streblites) quintoensis, Streblites folgariacus, Streblites frotho, Streblites pictus, Streblites tegulatum, Streblites tenuilobatus, Streblites weinlandi
Type specimens:
- Streblites plicodiscus: Its type locality is Kachchh Katrol Group, which is in a Kimmeridgian offshore siltstone in the Katrol Formation of India
- Streblites habyensis:
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of India (2 collections), Madagascar (3), Yemen (1)
Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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