Paraceltites elegans Girty 1908 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Synonyms: Paraceltites bamianus Reed 1931, Paracibolites costatus Hayasaka 1947

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Paraceltites according to M. Ehiro 2022

See also Böse 1919, Ehiro and Misaki 2005, González-Arreola et al. 1994, Leonova 2002, Miller and Furnish 1940, Plummer and Scott 1937, Spinosa et al. 1975, Xu 1977, Zhao and Zheng 1977 and Zheng 1984

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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 15.7

Distribution:

• Permian of China (4 collections), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Oman (1), United States (19: New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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