Parastephanites atavus Waagen 1895 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Stephanitidae

Alternative combination: Acrochordiceras atavum

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Parastephanites according to L. F. Spath 1934

See also Hyatt 1900 and Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Virgal, limit between middle and upper Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 81.0

Distribution: found only at Virgal, limit between middle and upper Ceratite Sandstone, Salt Range

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