Paratissotia Hyatt 1903 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tissotiidae

Alternative spelling: Tissotia (Paratissotia)

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351

Parent taxon: Tissotiidae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996

See also Hyatt 1903, Riedel 1933 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Glebosoceras, Hemitissotiinae, Heterotissotia, Metatissotia, Subtissotia, Tissotia, Tissotioides

Subtaxa: Paratissotia ficheuri Paratissotia grossouvrei Paratissotia regularis Paratissotia serrata Paratissotia thomasi Tissotia (Paratissotia) djelfensis

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mungo River, profil V, bed 2f (Cretaceous of Cameroon)

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