Owenites Hyatt and Smith 1905 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranannitidae

Synonyms: Parowenites Spath 1934, Pseudowenites Chao 1959

Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394

Parent taxon: Paranannitidae according to M. Đaković et al. 2022

See also Brayard et al. 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Shevyrev 1990, Shigeta and Nguyen 2014, Spath 1934 and Tozer 1981

Sister taxa: Arianites, Chioceras, Chiotites, Epiceltites, Isculitioides, Metinyoites, Monacanthinites, Omanites, Prosphingitoides, Protropites, Pseudoprosphingites, Steckites, Subowenites, Zenoites

Subtaxa: Owenites carpenteri Owenites koeneni Owenites simplex Owenites zitteli

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Type: Owenites koeneni

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Afghanistan (3 collections), China (60), India (8), Indonesia (9), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), Myanmar (1), Oman (17), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (22), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (24: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Washington), Vietnam (12)

Total: 161 collections including 187 occurrences

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