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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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