Nevadites hyatti Smith 1904 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Alternative combination: Trachyceras (Anolcites) hyatti

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 Nevadites according to N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols 1982

See also Smith 1904 and Smith 1914

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

Type specimen: 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

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (4: Nevada collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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