Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae
Alternative combination: Xenaspis skinneri
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 Nielsenoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller and Furnish 1940 and Spinosa et al. 1975
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 7643, Cherry Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Wordian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 45.1
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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