Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Alternative combinations: Arcestes (Proarcestes) gabbi, Arcestes gabbi
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1877. Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:1-197
Belongs to Proarcestes according to N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols 1982
See also Meek 1877 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 gaytani, Proarcestes marcheanus, Proarcestes marcoui, Proarcestes moeschi, Proarcestes mojsisovicsi, Proarcestes nevadanus, Proarcestes pannonicus, Proarcestes planus, Proarcestes reyeri, Proarcestes subtridentinus, Proarcestes wittenburgi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cottonwood Canon, West Humboldt Range, which is in an Illyrian/Fassanian carbonate limestone in Nevada
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (12: Nevada collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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