Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae
Alternative combination: Daraelites girtyi
Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516
Belongs to Boesites according to D. M. Work and R. H. Mapes 2009
See also Nassichuk 1975 and Plummer and Scott 1937
Sister taxa: Boesites (Eoboesites), Boesites aktubensis, Boesites biconcavus, Boesites eotexanus, Boesites eurinus, Boesites gracilis, Boesites intercalaris, Boesites kingi, Boesites primoris, Boesites serotinus, Boesites texanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wewoka Shale Station 2006, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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