Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Alternative combinations: Arcestes (Proarcestes) nevadanus, Joannites nevadanus
Full reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394
Belongs to Proarcestes according to M. E. Clapham 2015
See also Hyatt and Smith 1905 and Smith 1914
Sister taxa: Arcestes (Proarcestes) carpenteri, Arcestes (Proarcestes) pacificus, Arcestes (Proarcestes) shastensis, Arcestes (Proarcestes) traski, Arcestes (Proarcestes) whitneyi, Arcestes (Proarcestes) winnemae, Proarcestes ausseeanus, Proarcestes balfouri, Proarcestes barrandei, Proarcestes bicarinatus, Proarcestes boeckhi, Proarcestes bramantei, Proarcestes danai, Proarcestes dittmari, Proarcestes escheri, Proarcestes esinensis, Proarcestes gabbi, Proarcestes gaytani, Proarcestes marcheanus, Proarcestes marcoui, Proarcestes moeschi, Proarcestes mojsisovicsi, Proarcestes pannonicus, Proarcestes planus, Proarcestes reyeri, Proarcestes subtridentinus, Proarcestes wittenburgi
Type specimen: MCZ 3909. Its type locality is Volcano (Pilot Mountains), which is in a Lacian marine limestone in the Luning Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (3: Nevada collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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