Pleuroacanthites Canavari 1883 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Synonym: Parapsiloceras Hyatt 1900

Parent taxon: Pleuroacanthitinae according to R. Hoffmann 2015

See also Hoffmann 2010 and Yin et al. 2007

Sister taxon: Eolytoceras

Subtaxa: Parapsiloceras calliphyllum Parapsiloceras polycyclus Pleuroacanthites biformis Pleuroacanthites charlottensis Pleuroacanthites mulleri Pleuroacanthites psilomorphum

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Type: Ammonites biformis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (7: British Columbia collections), China (1), United States (10: Alaska, Nevada)

Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences

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