Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranoritidae
Alternative combinations: Koninckites gigas, Prionolobus gigas
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Paranorites according to L. F. Spath 1934
See also Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Paranorites aequalis, Paranorites ambiensis, Paranorites hillae, Paranorites hydaspis, Paranorites inflatus, Paranorites jenksi, Paranorites kingianus, Paranorites lichuanensis, Paranorites lyellianus, Paranorites madagascariensis, Paranorites magnumbilicatum, Paranorites praestans, Paranorites queenslandicus, Paranorites varians, Paranorites volutus, Paranorites xiaohensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Choa, Salt Range, which is in a Dienerian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 240.0
Distribution: found only at Choa, Salt Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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