Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Synonyms: Ceratites beecheri Smith 1914, Nevadites fontainei Smith 1914, Nevadites sinclairi Smith 1914, Trachyceras (Anolcites) gracile 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 Nevadites according to N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols 1982

See also Monnet and Bucher 2005 and Smith 1914

Sister taxa: Nevadites ambrosionii, Nevadites avenonensis, Nevadites crassiornatus, Nevadites hyatti, Nevadites merriami, Nevadites secedensis

Type specimens:

• Nevadites humboldtensis: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada
• Ceratites beecheri: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
• Nevadites fontainei: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
• Nevadites sinclairi: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
• Trachyceras (Anolcites) gracile: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (occidentalis), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 90.0

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