Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Proptychites according to L. F. Spath 1934
See also Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Proptychites aberrans, Proptychites ammonoides, Proptychites anomalus, Proptychites candidus, Proptychites discoides, Proptychites grandis, Proptychites intermedius, Proptychites kummeli, Proptychites latifimbriatus, Proptychites lawrencianus, Proptychites markhami, Proptychites mulleri, Proptychites newelli, Proptychites oldhamianus, Proptychites pagei, Proptychites plicatus, Proptychites rosenkrantzi, Proptychites scheibleri, Proptychites simplex, Proptychites subdiscoides, Proptychites subgrandis, Proptychites trilobatus, Proptychites wargalensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chitta-Wan near Ghari, upper Ceratite Marls, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian carbonate marl in the Ceratite Marls Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 145.0
Distribution: found only at Chitta-Wan near Ghari, upper Ceratite Marls, Salt Range
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