Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Paranorites according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2012
See also Spath 1934 and Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Paranorites aequalis, Paranorites gigas, Paranorites hillae, Paranorites hydaspis, Paranorites inflatus, Paranorites jenksi, Paranorites kingianus, Paranorites lichuanensis, Paranorites lyellianus, Paranorites madagascariensis, Paranorites magnumbilicatum, Paranorites praestans, Paranorites queenslandicus, Paranorites varians, Paranorites volutus, Paranorites xiaohensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Amb, Stachella beds, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian coastal sandstone in the Ceratites Sandstone Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 102.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Pakistan (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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