Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
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 Meekoceras (Prionolobus) according to A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith 1905
Sister taxa: Prionolobus buchianus, Prionolobus hanieli, Prionolobus hubeiensis, Prionolobus indoaustralicus, Prionolobus konincki, Prionolobus lucinus, Prionolobus ophioneus, Prionolobus orbis, Prionolobus planulatus, Prionolobus sequens, Prionolobus welteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Union Wash, Meekoceras bed, Inyo Range, which is in a Smithian slope limestone in the Union Wash Formation of California
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Union Wash, Meekoceras bed, Inyo Range
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