Parashumardites fornicatus Plummer and Scott 1937

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Parashumarditidae

Alternative combination: Shumardites fornicatus

Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516

Belongs to Parashumardites according to W. W. Nassichuk 1975

See also Plummer and Scott 1937

Sister taxa: Parashumardites eurinus, Parashumardites mosquensis, Parashumardites sellardsi, Parashumardites senex

Type specimen: Its type locality is B.E.G248-T-6 (G-10), clay pit in north edge of Bridgeport, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Graford Formation of Texas.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 29.5

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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