Cephalopoda - Phylloceratitida - Ussuritidae

Full reference: J. Guex, A. Hungerbühler, J. F. Jenks, L. O'Dogherty, V. Atudorei, D. G. Taylor, H. Bucher and A. Bartolini. 2010. Spathian (Lower Triassic) ammonoids from western USA (Idaho, California, Utah and Nevada). Memoires de Geologie (Lausanne) 49:1-82

Belongs to Ussurites according to J. Guex et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Ussurites arthaberi, Ussurites cameroni, Ussurites detwilleri, Ussurites hara, Ussurites hosei, Ussurites kingi, Ussurites mansfeldi, Ussurites muskwa, Ussurites spetsbergensis, Ussurites xinghaiensis, Ussurites yabei

Type specimen: JPC-179c-5. Its type locality is Paris Canyon, JPCDE equivalent, Bear Lake Valley, which is in a Spathian offshore horizon in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 9.50, shell diameter 29.0