Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Alternative combinations: Ceratites (Paraceratites) cricki, Paraceratites cricki, Silberlingia cricki
Synonyms: Ceratites (Paraceratites) burckhardti Smith 1914, Ceratites (Paraceratites) newberryi Smith 1914, Ceratites (Paraceratites) taurus Smith 1914, Ceratites newberryi Smith 1914, Paraceratites burckhardti Smith 1914, Paraceratites newberryi Smith 1914
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254
Belongs to Silberlingitoides according to C. Monnet and H. Bucher 2006
See also Monnet and Bucher 2005, Silberling and Nichols 1982, Smith 1914 and Spath 1934
Sister taxa: Silberlingitoides clarkei, Silberlingitoides praecursor
Type specimens:
- Silberlingitoides cricki: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada
- Ceratites (Paraceratites) burckhardti: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Ceratites (Paraceratites) taurus: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Ceratites newberryi: Its type locality is New Pass, Desatoya Mountains, which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in the Favret Formation of Nevada.
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 36.8
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Israel (1), United States (17: Nevada)
Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences
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