Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae
Alternative combination: Paralecanites altudensis
Full reference: E. Böse. 1919. The Permo-Carboniferous ammonoids of the Glass Mountains, west Texas, and their stratigraphic significance. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Bulletin 1762:1-241
Belongs to Paraceltites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Böse 1919, Miller 1944, Miller and Furnish 1940, Plummer and Scott 1937, Spinosa et al. 1975 and Zhao and Zheng 1977
Sister taxa: Paraceltites costatus, Paraceltites elegans, Paraceltites hoeferi, Paraceltites hubeiensis, Paraceltites hunanensis, Paraceltites multicostatus, Paraceltites ornatus, Paraceltites platyventrus, Paraceltites rectangularis, Paraceltites sellardsi, Paraceltites xizangensis, Paraceltites zhongguoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is South of intrusive plug on Captain James's Ranch, Altuda, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Altuda Formation of Texas
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 21.4
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (4: Texas)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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