Paraceltites hunanensis Xu 1977 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Full reference: G. H. Xu. 1977. Cephalopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:537-582

Belongs to Paraceltites according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Xu 1977

Sister taxa: Paraceltites altudensis, Paraceltites costatus, Paraceltites elegans, Paraceltites hoeferi, Paraceltites hubeiensis, Paraceltites multicostatus, Paraceltites ornatus, Paraceltites platyventrus, Paraceltites rectangularis, Paraceltites sellardsi, Paraceltites xizangensis, Paraceltites zhongguoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chenzhou railway station, Chenxian County, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Dangchong Formation of China

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chenzhou railway station, Chenxian County

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