Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites megaphyllus
Belongs to Arcestes according to A. Rothpletz 1892
See also Beyrich 1865
Sister taxa: Arcestes (Pararcestes), Arcestes acutegaleatus, Arcestes agnatus, Arcestes andersoni, Arcestes antonii, Arcestes aspidostomus, Arcestes biceps, Arcestes bicornis, Arcestes bufo, Arcestes californiensis, Arcestes cheilostomus, Arcestes ciceronis, Arcestes cimmensis, Arcestes clausus, Arcestes colonus, Arcestes compressus, Arcestes conjugens, Arcestes cylindroides, Arcestes czoernigi, Arcestes decipiens, Arcestes dicerus, Arcestes didymus, Arcestes dimidiatus, Arcestes diphyus, Arcestes distinctus, Arcestes evolutus, Arcestes extralabiatus, Arcestes galeiformis, Arcestes gibbus, Arcestes gigantogaleatus, Arcestes holostomus, Arcestes hypocyrtus, Arcestes inflatogaleatus, Arcestes intuslabiatus, Arcestes leonardi, Arcestes leptomorphus, Arcestes marchenanus, Arcestes megalosomus, Arcestes microcephalus, Arcestes monachus, Arcestes monocerus, Arcestes muensteri, Arcestes nannodes, Arcestes obtusegaleatus, Arcestes oligosarcus, Arcestes ooides, Arcestes opertus, Arcestes oxycephalus, Arcestes oxystomus, Arcestes pachystomus, Arcestes parvogaleatus, Arcestes periolcus, Arcestes placenta, Arcestes platystomus, Arcestes polycaulus, Arcestes polysarcus, Arcestes probletostomus, Arcestes pseudogaleatus, Arcestes pugillaris, Arcestes reyeri, Arcestes richthofeni, Arcestes seimkanensis, Arcestes semistriatus, Arcestes simostomus, Arcestes simplex, Arcestes sisyphus, Arcestes stenostomus, Arcestes subbicornis, Arcestes subdistinctus, Arcestes subsimplex, Arcestes syngonus, Arcestes tacitus, Arcestes taramellianus, Arcestes tenuis, Arcestes tomostomus, Arcestes trompianus, Arcestes ventricosus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bakanassij, south of Kupang (ammonoid layer), which is in a Triassic carbonate limestone in Indonesia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 86.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Permian of Indonesia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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