†Shastites Hyatt and Smith 1905 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sandlingitidae

Alternative spellings: Clionites (Shastites), Traskites (Shastites)

Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394

Parent taxon: Sandlingitidae according to E. T. Tozer 1994

See also Hyatt and Smith 1905 and Spath 1951

Sister taxa: Eremites, Glamocites, Sandlingites, Traskites

Subtaxa: Clionites (Shastites) compactus Clionites (Shastites) compressus Clionites (Shastites) whitneyi Shastites vulcanus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), Mexico (1), United States (2: California)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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