Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242
Belongs to Daraelites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller et al. 1957
Sister taxa: Daraelites elegans, Daraelites meeki, Daraelites pamiricus, Daraelites submeeki, Daraelites vozginensis
Type specimen: YPM 16775. Its type locality is Sullivan Peak South, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Sullivan Peak Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.0
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Nevada, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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