†Thermalites Smith 1927 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262
Parent taxon: Melagathiceratidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994
See also Brayard et al. 2009, Smith 1927 and Spath 1934
Sister taxa: Hebeisenites, Jinyaceras, Melagathiceras, Ussurijuvenites
Subtaxa: Thermalites needhami
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (5: British Columbia collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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