Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Alternative spelling: Meekoceras (Prionolobus)
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Parent taxon: Proptychitidae according to T. Brühwiler et al. 2008
See also Hyatt and Smith 1905, Spath 1934 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Arctomeekoceras, Bukkenites, Clypeoceras, Clypeoceratoides, Dunedinites, Eoptychites, Evenites, Guodunites, Gyrophiceras hubeiense, Gyrophiceras orientale, Heibergites, Hubeitoceras, Jieshaniceras, Koninckitoides, Koninickites, Kummelia, Leyeceras, Monneticeras, Nanningites, Pachyproptychites, Paraspidites, Pleurogyronites, Proptychites, Proptychitinae, Proptychitoides, Pseudaspidites, Pseudoproptychites, Roopnarinites, Tompoproptychites, Tulongites, Ussuriceras, Wailiceras, Xiaoqiaoceras
Subtaxa: Meekoceras (Prionolobus) waageni Prionolobus buchianus Prionolobus hanieli Prionolobus hubeiensis Prionolobus indoaustralicus Prionolobus konincki Prionolobus lucinus Prionolobus ophioneus Prionolobus orbis Prionolobus planulatus Prionolobus sequens Prionolobus welteri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (4: British Columbia collections), China (10), Greenland (2), India (5), Indonesia (3), Oman (1), Pakistan (4), the Russian Federation (5), United States (1: California)
• Permian of Iran (1)
Total: 36 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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