Meropella plejanae Renz and Renz 1948 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Palaeophyllitidae

Alternative combination: Arianites (Meropella) plejanae

Full reference: C. Renz and O. Renz. 1948. Eine untertriadische Ammonitenfauna von der griechischen Insel Chios. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 66:1-98

Belongs to Meropella according to B. Kummel 1969

See also Kummel 1968 and Mertmann and Jacobshagen 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Maradovuno, Chios, which is in a Spathian slope lime mudstone in Greece

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 20.6

Distribution:

• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Greece (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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