Parasilesites Imlay 1959 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1959. New genera of early Cretaceous (Albian) Ammonites from Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 33(1):179-185

Parent taxon: Silesitoidinae according to E. Robert et al. 2018

See also Imlay 1959, Sepkoski 2002 and Szives 2007

Sister taxon: Silesitoides

Subtaxa: Parasilesites bullatus Parasilesites irregularis Parasilesites kilianiformis Parasilesites laperousianus

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Type: Parasilesites bullatus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), Hungary (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (3: Alaska), Venezuela (1)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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