Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranannitidae
Synonyms: Kingites shimizui Sakagami 1955, Owenites carinatus Shevyrev 1968, Owenites costatus Chao 1959, Owenites egrediens Welter 1922, Owenites pakungensis Chao 1959, Owenites shimizui Sakagami 1955, Pseudowenites oxynotus Chao 1959, Pseudowenites venolini Burij and Zharnikova 1972
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Owenites according to Y. Shigeta and H. D. Nguyen 2014
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008, Brayard et al. 2013, Brühwiler et al. 2010, Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Brühwiler et al. 2012, Hyatt and Smith 1905, Kuenzi 1965, Kummel and Sakagami 1960, Kummel and Steele 1962, Nichols and Silberling 1979, Popov 1962, Shevyrev 1990, Shevyrev 1995, Spath 1934, Welter 1922, Zakharov 1978 and Zhao and Wang 1974
Sister taxa: Owenites carpenteri, Owenites simplex, Owenites zitteli
Type specimens:
- Owenites koeneni: Its type locality is Union Wash, Meekoceras bed, Inyo Range, which is in a Smithian slope limestone in the Union Wash Formation of California
- Kingites shimizui:
- Owenites carinatus:
- Owenites costatus:
- Owenites egrediens:
- Owenites pakungensis:
- Pseudowenites oxynotus:
- Pseudowenites venolini:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.6
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (2 collections), China (48), India (2), Indonesia (7), Japan (1), Oman (12), the Russian Federation (19), Tajikistan (1), United States (19: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Washington), Vietnam (12)
Total: 123 collections including 126 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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