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Discotropites formosus

Status not recordedoctopus and squidExtinct

Discotropites formosus is a species in the family Tropitidae, order Ammonoidea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about Discotropites formosus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Discotropites formosus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Discotropites formosus is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Discotropites formosus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Discotropites formosus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classCephalopoda
  4. orderAmmonoidea
  5. familyTropitidae
  6. genusDiscotropites
  7. SpeciesDiscotropites formosus Smith, 1927

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Discotropites formosus

Other species in the same genus Discotropites.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Discotropites formosus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Discotropites formosus for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Discotropites formosus?

Discotropites formosus (Discotropites formosus) belongs to the family Tropitidae in the order Ammonoidea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Discotropites formosus (Discotropites formosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/discotropites-formosus

MLA

“Discotropites formosus (Discotropites formosus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/discotropites-formosus.

BibTeX
@misc{discotropites_formosus_2026,
  title = {Discotropites formosus (Discotropites formosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/discotropites-formosus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}