Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae
Alternative combinations: Boesites scotti, Daraelites scotti
Synonym: Paraprolecanites sandbergeri Plummer and Scott 1937 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242
Belongs to Boesites (Eoboesites) according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1978
See also Miller and Furnish 1940, Nassichuk 1975 and Plummer and Scott 1937
Sister taxon: Boesites (Eoboesites) asianus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.4
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Arkansas, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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