Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Alternative combinations: Ceratites (Paraceratites) vogdesi, Ceratites vogdesi, Paraceratites vogdesi
Synonyms: Ceratites (Paraceratites) trojanus Smith 1914, Ceratites crassicornu Smith 1914, Ceratites haguei Smith 1914, Ceratites kingi Smith 1914, Paraceratites trojanus Smith 1914
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1904. The Comparative Stratigraphy of the Marine Trias of Western America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Geology), Third Series 1(10):353-430
Belongs to Brackites according to C. Monnet and H. Bucher 2005
See also Silberling and Nichols 1982, Smith 1904, Smith 1914 and Spath 1934
Sister taxon: Brackites spinosus
Type specimens:
- Brackites vogdesi: 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) trojanus: 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 crassicornu: 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 haguei: 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 kingi: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (rotelliformis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 39.7
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (23: Nevada collections)
Total: 23 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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