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Paraceratites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae

Taxonomy
Paraceratites was named by Hyatt (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-m Tr Anis-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Ceratites elegans. It is the type genus of Paraceratitinae.

It was reranked as Ceratites (Paraceratites) by Kittl (1903) and Smith (1914).

It was assigned to Ceratites by Kittl (1903) and Smith (1914); to Ceratitidae by Spath (1934) and Bando (1964); to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Paraceratitinae by Tozer (1981) and Vörös (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Paraceratites Hyatt p. 559
1903Ceratites (Paraceratites) Kittl
1914Ceratites (Paraceratites) Smith p. 86
1934Paraceratites Spath
1964Paraceratites Bando
1981Paraceratites Tozer p. 93
2002Paraceratites Sepkoski
2018Paraceratites Vörös p. 52

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyCeratitidaeMojsisovics 1879
subfamilyParaceratitinaeSilberling 1962
genusParaceratites

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.

G. †Paraceratites Hyatt 1900
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Paraceratites brembanus Mojsisovics 1882
Paraceratites elegans von Mojsisovics 1882
Paraceratites evolvens Hauer 1888
Paraceratites orientalis Yabe and Shimizu 1927
Paraceratites rothi von Mojsisovics 1882
Paraceratites stecki Silberling and Nichols 1982
Paraceratites trinodosus von Mojsisovics 1878
Paraceratites vindelicus von Mojsisovics 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available