Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Paracenoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Nautilus (Paracenoceras)
Parent taxon: Paracenoceratidae according to C. Teichert et al. 1964
See also Jeannet 1951 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aulacenoceras, Micronautilus, Somalinautilus, Tithonoceras
Subtaxa: Paracenoceras acklini Paracenoceras arduennense Paracenoceras calloviense Paracenoceras dilatatum Paracenoceras dorsatus Paracenoceras dorsoexcavatus Paracenoceras ennianum Paracenoceras giganteum Paracenoceras granulosum Paracenoceras herznachensis Paracenoceras hexagonum Paracenoceras jumarense Paracenoceras kumagunense Paracenoceras lorioli Paracenoceras macrum Paracenoceras marocense Paracenoceras meridionale Paracenoceras mjatschkowanus Paracenoceras moreausum Paracenoceras noetlingi Paracenoceras prohexagonum Paracenoceras rollieri Paracenoceras sattleri Paracenoceras schusteri Paracenoceras siculus Paracenoceras sinuosus Paracenoceras speciosum Paracenoceras staffelbergense Paracenoceras subhexagonus Paracenoceras sulcatum Paracenoceras wepferi Paracenoceras wilmae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), Ethiopia (3), France (10), Germany (1), India (7), Madagascar (11), Morocco (1), Pakistan (2), Saudi Arabia (24), Somalia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (14), Tanzania (5), Tunisia (16), Yemen (2)
Total: 100 collections including 125 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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