Parastephanites Hyatt 1900 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Stephanitidae

Synonym: Acrochordiceroides Spath 1929

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604

Parent taxon: Stephanitidae according to L. F. Spath 1934

See also Brayard et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Amphistephanites, Stephanites

Subtaxa: Parastephanites atavus

view classification

Type: Acrochordiceras atavum

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Virgal, limit between middle and upper Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range (Triassic of Pakistan)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.