Arcestes Suess 1865 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae

Parent taxon: Arcestidae according to Y. Tsujino et al. 2011

See also Astakhova 1971, Creutzburg et al. 1966, KotaƄski 1973, Kummel 1960, Okuneva et al. 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1951, Tozer 1981, von Mojsisovics 1882 and von Mojsisovics 1896

Sister taxa: Anisarcestes, Galeites, Gonarcestes, Joannitinae, Lobitinae, Proarcestes, Rhaetites, Stenarcestes

Subtaxa: Arcestes (Pararcestes) Arcestes acutegaleatus Arcestes agnatus Arcestes andersoni Arcestes antonii Arcestes aspidostomus Arcestes biceps Arcestes bicornis Arcestes bufo Arcestes californiensis Arcestes cheilostomus Arcestes ciceronis Arcestes cimmensis Arcestes clausus Arcestes colonus Arcestes compressus Arcestes conjugens Arcestes cylindroides Arcestes czoernigi Arcestes decipiens Arcestes dicerus Arcestes didymus Arcestes dimidiatus Arcestes diphyus Arcestes distinctus Arcestes evolutus Arcestes extralabiatus Arcestes galeiformis Arcestes gibbus Arcestes gigantogaleatus Arcestes holostomus Arcestes hypocyrtus Arcestes inflatogaleatus Arcestes intuslabiatus Arcestes leonardi Arcestes leptomorphus Arcestes marchenanus Arcestes megalosomus Arcestes megaphyllus Arcestes microcephalus Arcestes monachus Arcestes monocerus Arcestes muensteri Arcestes nannodes Arcestes obtusegaleatus Arcestes oligosarcus Arcestes ooides Arcestes opertus Arcestes oxycephalus Arcestes oxystomus Arcestes pachystomus Arcestes parvogaleatus Arcestes periolcus Arcestes placenta Arcestes platystomus Arcestes polycaulus Arcestes polysarcus Arcestes probletostomus Arcestes pseudogaleatus Arcestes pugillaris Arcestes reyeri Arcestes richthofeni Arcestes seimkanensis Arcestes semistriatus Arcestes simostomus Arcestes simplex Arcestes sisyphus Arcestes stenostomus Arcestes subbicornis Arcestes subdistinctus Arcestes subsimplex Arcestes syngonus Arcestes tacitus Arcestes taramellianus Arcestes tenuis Arcestes tomostomus Arcestes trompianus Arcestes ventricosus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (38 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (11), Canada (8: British Columbia), Chile (2), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Hungary (3), India (3), Indonesia (3), Iran (2), Israel (1), Italy (12), Mexico (1), Nepal (2), New Zealand (8), Oman (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (9), Slovenia (2), Turkey (3), Ukraine (7), United States (22: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)

• Permian of Indonesia (1)

Total: 147 collections including 240 occurrences

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