Boesites kingi Plummer and Scott 1937

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae

Alternative combination: Daraelites kingi

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 T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Plummer and Scott 1937

Sister taxa: Boesites (Eoboesites), Boesites aktubensis, Boesites biconcavus, Boesites eotexanus, Boesites eurinus, Boesites girtyi, Boesites gracilis, Boesites intercalaris, Boesites primoris, Boesites serotinus, Boesites texanus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lenox Hills, base of escarpment north of Wedin's ranch, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Lenox Hills Formation of Texas

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.2

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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