Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Alternative combinations: Ceratites (Paraceratites) clarkei, Paraceratites clarkei, Silberlingia clarkei
Synonyms: Ceratites (Paraceratites) wardi Smith 1914, Ceratites rectangularis Smith 1914
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254
Belongs to Silberlingitoides according to C. Monnet and H. Bucher 2006
See also Bando 1964, Monnet and Bucher 2005, Silberling and Nichols 1982, Smith 1914 and Spath 1934
Sister taxa: Silberlingitoides cricki, Silberlingitoides praecursor
Type specimens:
- Silberlingitoides clarkei: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada
- Ceratites (Paraceratites) wardi: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Ceratites rectangularis:
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.0
Distribution:
• Triassic of Japan (1 collection), United States (9: Nevada)
Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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