Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1960. Early Cretaceous (Albian) ammonites from the Chitna Valley and Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 354(D):87-114

Belongs to Parasilesites according to R. W. Imlay 1960

Sister taxa: Parasilesites bullatus, Parasilesites kilianiformis, Parasilesites laperousianus

Type specimen: USNM 130147, a shell. Its type locality is Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 9492, which is in an Albian marginal marine sandstone in Alaska.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.0

Distribution: found only at Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 9492

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