†Parapenascoceras aberrans Miller and Unklesbay 1942 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Domatoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Metacoceras aberrans, Stearoceras aberrans
Full reference: A. K. Miller and A. G. Unklesbay. 1942. Permian nautiloids from western United States. Journal of Paleontology 16(6):719-738
Belongs to Parapenascoceras according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and V. N. Shimanskiy 1954
See also Miller and Unklesbay 1942 and Miller and Youngquist 1949
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UNM 315. Its type locality is Bluewater Dam, which is in a Kungurian coastal siliciclastic in the Chupadera Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 235.0
Distribution: found only at Bluewater Dam
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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