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:
- Parafrechites meeki: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada
- Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) beckeri: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) russelli: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) wemplei: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Ceratites (Hollandites) montisbovis: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Ceratites tenuispiralis: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
- Ceratites washburnei: Its type locality is Divide between Troy Canyon and South Fork of American Canyon (meeki), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone in Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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