Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Synonyms: Aspenites laevis Welter 1922, Aspenites obtusus Smith 1932, Hemiaspenites obtusus Smith 1932
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Aspenites according to M. Đaković et al. 2022
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008, Brayard et al. 2013, Brühwiler et al. 2010, Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Brühwiler et al. 2012, Hyatt and Smith 1905, Kummel and Steele 1962, Nichols and Silberling 1979, Shigeta and Nguyen 2014, Spath 1934, Welter 1922 and Zhao and Wang 1974
Sister taxa: Aspenites chaoxianensis, Aspenites kamurensis, Aspenites radiatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.4
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (24 collections), India (9), Indonesia (1), Oman (10), Serbia and Montenegro (1), United States (21: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah), Vietnam (2)
Total: 68 collections including 72 occurrences
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