Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Hauer 1851 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites sphaerophyllus, Lytoceras sphaerophyllum, Phylloceras sphaerophyllum

Belongs to Monophyllites according to N. Fantini Sestini 1996

See also Bando 1964, Bychkov et al. 1976, Diener 1907, Fantini Sestini 1994, Kummel 1960, Ogilvie Gordon 1927, Shevyrev 1995, Silberling and Nichols 1982, Spath 1934 and von Mojsisovics 1882

Sister taxa: Monophyllites (Schizophyllites), Monophyllites anatolicus, Monophyllites aonis, Monophyllites bytschkovi, Monophyllites caucasius, Monophyllites kieperti, Monophyllites wengensis, Monophyllites wetsoni

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 191.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of Afghanistan (2 collections), Albania (1), Austria (6), Bosnia and Herzegovina (13), Greece (1), India (1), Italy (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia (1), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence

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