Paraceltites ornatus Miller and Furnish 1940 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242

Belongs to Paraceltites according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Miller 1944 and Spinosa et al. 1975

Sister taxa: Paraceltites altudensis, Paraceltites costatus, Paraceltites elegans, Paraceltites hoeferi, Paraceltites hubeiensis, Paraceltites hunanensis, Paraceltites multicostatus, Paraceltites platyventrus, Paraceltites rectangularis, Paraceltites sellardsi, Paraceltites xizangensis, Paraceltites zhongguoensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.6

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (4: Texas)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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