Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Palaeophyllitidae
Alternative spelling: Arianites (Meropella)
Full reference: C. Renz and O. Renz. 1948. Eine untertriadische Ammonitenfauna von der griechischen Insel Chios. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 66:1-98
Parent taxon: Paleophyllitidae according to A. Brayard et al. 2009
See also Kummel 1968 and Renz and Renz 1948
Sister taxa: Artyomites, Burijites, Eophyllites, Goudemandites, Kamenushkaites, Leiophyllites, Mangyshlakites, Mianwaliites, Palaeophyllites, Stenophyllites, Ussuriphyllites
Subtaxa: Meropella plejanae
Type: Arianites (Meropella) plejanae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Greece (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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