Parafrechites meeki Mojsisovics 1888

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Alternative combinations: Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) meeki, Ceratites meeki, Gymnotoceras meeki

Synonyms: Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) beckeri Smith 1914, Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) russelli Smith 1914, Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) wemplei Smith 1914, Ceratites (Hollandites) montisbovis Smith 1914, Ceratites tenuispiralis Smith 1914, Ceratites washburnei Smith 1914, Frechites tenuispiralis Smith 1914, Gymnotoceras beckeri Smith 1914, Gymnotoceras montisbovis Smith 1914, Gymnotoceras russelli Smith 1914, Gymnotoceras wemplei Smith 1914

Belongs to Parafrechites according to A. G. Konstantinov 1991

See also Silberling and Nichols 1982, Smith 1914 and Spath 1934

Sister taxa: Parafrechites cordeyi, Parafrechites dunni, Parafrechites egorovi, Parafrechites evolutus, Parafrechites kharaulakhensis, Parafrechites sublaqueatus

Type specimens:

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.0

Distribution:

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (9 collections), United States (14: Nevada)

Total: 23 collections including 31 occurrences

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