Paraceratites elegans von Mojsisovics 1882 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Alternative combination: Ceratites elegans

Full reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1882. Die Cephalopoden der Mediterranen Triasprovinz. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 10:1-322

Belongs to Paraceratites according to A. Vörös 2018

See also Gu et al. 1980, Hyatt 1900, Spath 1934 and von Mojsisovics 1882

Sister taxa: Paraceratites binodosus, Paraceratites brembanus, Paraceratites evolvens, Paraceratites orientalis, Paraceratites rothi, Paraceratites stecki, Paraceratites thuilleri, Paraceratites trinodosus, Paraceratites vindelicus, Paraceratites winterbottomi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.4

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (3 collections), China (2), Greece (1), Hungary (7), Israel (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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