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 Paraceltites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller 1944 and Nassichuk 1977
Sister taxa: Paraceltites altudensis, Paraceltites costatus, Paraceltites elegans, Paraceltites hoeferi, Paraceltites hubeiensis, Paraceltites hunanensis, Paraceltites multicostatus, Paraceltites ornatus, Paraceltites platyventrus, Paraceltites sellardsi, Paraceltites xizangensis, Paraceltites zhongguoensis
Type specimen: YPM 16290. Its type locality is King 20, Beds 5,7, Cerro Wencelao to El Indio, Las Delicias, which is in a Capitanian marine shale/limestone in the La Difunta Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.8
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Mexico (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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