†Graysonites adkinsi Young 1958 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Synonym: Graysonites fountaini Young 1958

Belongs to Graysonites according to W. J. Kennedy 2005

See also Matsumoto et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Graysonites horvathi, Graysonites reynoldsi, Graysonites wacoense

Type specimens:

  • Graysonites adkinsi: UT 272, a shell
  • Graysonites fountaini:

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 166.5

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (11 collections), Mexico (2), United States (3: Texas)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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