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Paraceltites elegans

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Taxonomy

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Paraceltites elegans Girty p. 499 figs. Pl 25, figs 12-14
1909Paraceltites elegans Girty p. 499 figs. Pl 25, figs 12-14
1919Paraceltites elegans Böse p. 110 figs. Pl 5, figs 33-38
1931Paraceltites bamianus Reed p. 39 figs. Pl 4, figs 16,16a
1937Paraceltites elegans Plummer and Scott p. 367 figs. Pl 37, figs 6, 8
1940Paraceltites elegans Miller and Furnish p. 67 figs. Pl 22, figs 1-10
1947Paracibolites costatus Hayasaka p. 32 figs. Pl 2, figs 6,7; text-fig 5
1977Paraceltites elegans Xu p. 574 figs. Pl 216, figs 11,12
1977Paraceltites elegans Zhao and Zheng p. 248 figs. Pl 5, figs 11,12
1984Paraceltites elegans Zheng p. 191 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7; text-fig 8a,b
1994Paraceltites elegans González-Arreola et al. p. 217 figs. Pl 1, figs c-e
2002Paraceltites elegans Leonova
2005Paraceltites elegans Ehiro and Misaki p. 11 fig. 6.8,6.9
2022Paraceltites elegans Ehiro p. 34 figs. 7.12-7.14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyParaceltitidaeSpath 1930
genusParaceltites
specieselegans

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Paraceltites elegans Girty 1908
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Invalid names: Paraceltites bamianus Reed 1931 [synonym], Paracibolites costatus Hayasaka 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height235.133.707.904.651.38
shell diameter2315.76.3028.215.35.68
shell inflation237.475.4515.56.603.42

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Capitanian or 272.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Paraceltites elegans (106116)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51Mexico (Guerrero) Paraceltites elegans (232711 232712)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Oman Paraceltites elegans (102388)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (New Mexico) Paraceltites elegans (62653)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Paraceltites elegans (73587 81992 91019 101783 106117 106148 106150 106152 106154 108832 113234 113260 113265 113266 113267) Paraceltites multicostatus (113179)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Hunan) Paraceltites elegans (105464)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Zhejiang) Paraceltites elegans (101600)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.51USA (Texas) Paraceltites elegans (108834)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Paraceltites elegans (107611)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hunan) Paraceltites elegans (101951 101953)