†Daraelites meeki Gemmellaro 1887 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1887. La Fauna dei Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc. 1 - Ammonoidea. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 19:1-106

Belongs to Daraelites according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also de Gregorio 1930, Gemmellaro 1887 and Vasicek and Kullmann 1988

Sister taxa: Daraelites elegans, Daraelites leonardensis, Daraelites pamiricus, Daraelites submeeki, Daraelites vozginensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.3

Distribution:

• Permian of Iraq (1 collection), Italy (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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