Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
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: Melagathiceratidae according to Y. Shigeta and H. D. Nguyen 2014
See also Bando 1964, Kummel and Steele 1962, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1934, Tozer 1981 and Tozer 1994
Sister taxa: Hebeisenites, Jinyaceras, Melagathiceras, Thermalites, Ussurijuvenites
Subtaxa: Paranannites aspenensis Paranannites baudi Paranannites dubius Paranannites involutus Paranannites mulleri Paranannites oviformis Paranannites sinensis Paranannites slossi Paranannites subangulosus
Type: Paranannites aspenensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (4 collections), Canada (3: British Columbia), China (34), Greece (4), India (10), Japan (2), Oman (11), United States (18: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada), Vietnam (7)
Total: 93 collections including 122 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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