Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae
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 Paraceltites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller and Furnish 1940 and Spinosa et al. 1975
Sister taxa: Paraceltites altudensis, Paraceltites costatus, Paraceltites elegans, Paraceltites hoeferi, Paraceltites hubeiensis, Paraceltites hunanensis, Paraceltites multicostatus, Paraceltites ornatus, Paraceltites platyventrus, Paraceltites rectangularis, Paraceltites xizangensis, Paraceltites zhongguoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is 2.5 miles N70E of second tank above Hess Ranch house, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.0
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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