Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller. 1944. Permian cephalopods, Part IV of Geology and paleontology of the Permian area northwest of Las Delicias, southeastern Coahulia, Mexico. Geological Society of America Special Paper 52:71-127
Belongs to Kingoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller 1944, Spinosa et al. 1975 and Spinosa and Glenister 2000
Sister taxon: Kingoceras achurense
Type specimen: YPM 16281. Its type locality is King 10, Bed 2, La Difunta Section, Las Delicias, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the La Difunta Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 32.0
Distribution:
• Permian of Iran (1 collection), Mexico (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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