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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
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height620.318.921.620.41.27
shell diameter646.132.068.043.813.5
shell inflation612.26.9018.213.34.70

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 Aegean to the top of the Ladinian or 247.20000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Iran (Isfahan) P. binodosus (211341)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Brescia) Ceratites trinodosus, Ceratites brembanus (211762)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Tyrol) Ceratites trinodosus, Ceratites elegans, Ceratites vindelicus (211799)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Vietnam P. subtrinodosus (44764) P. trinodosus (44775)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India Ammonites winterbottomi (117560)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Japan P. sp. (215815)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy Ceratites trinodosus (136186 136188) Ceratites trinodosus, Ceratites brembanus (136184 136189 136961) P. cimeganus (29191 29192 29213 29214 29215 29216 29217 29218 29219)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) P. elegans (61385)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Ceratites trinodosus, Ceratites rothi (203454)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Ceratites trinodosus (206205) Ceratites trinodosus, P. winterbottomi (206206)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Russian Federation (Primorye) P. trinodosus, P. binodosus (46899)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Malaysia P. trinodosus (44041)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Cambodia P. trinodosus (44803)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino) Ceratites trinodosus (212611)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Lecco) Ceratites trinodosus (211798)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Bergamo) Ceratites trinodosus (203399)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) P. trinodosus (44734)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Ceratites evolvens (206722) Ceratites trinodosus (206729)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Laos P. trinodosus (44797)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Lombardy) Ceratites brembanus (211803)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. sp. (66084)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) Ceratites trinodosus (211770)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) P. binodosus (42280)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Innsbruck) Ceratites trinodosus (202274 202275)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Papua New Guinea P. trinodosus (137337)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Papua New Guinea (Western Highlands) P. trinodosus (48606)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Slovakia P. trinodosus, P. rothi (236541)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina P. trinodosus, P. brembanus (214979)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Lombardy) P. sp. (44532) P. sp., P. brembanus (44527)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Serbia and Montenegro P. binodosus (157947 158091 158114 158115 158118) P. brembanus (215192)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Trentino) Ceratites brembanus (211765) Ceratites trinodosus (211768)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Brescia) Ceratites trinodosus (211769)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Romania P. sp. (170260)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Ceratites trinodosus (211766) P. elegans (199579) P. trinodosus (182849 182852 199574 199576 199577 199842 199868) P. trinodosus, P. elegans (182850 182851 199843 199863)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) P. elegans (199790 199793) P. trinodosus (199796 199798 199800) P. trinodosus, P. rothi (199799)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) P. elegans (211431)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Israel P. elegans (63945) P. trinodosus (63948)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) P. trinodosus, P. elegans, P. brembanus (150445)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Japan P. orientalis (101738) P. trinodosus (101737)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Austria Ceratites trinodosus, Ceratites elegans (136996) P. trinodosus (136997)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Greece (Epidavros) P. trinodosus (211429)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Turkey P. binodosus (143904 143956 143961 143973 143974)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Ceratites trinodosus (203384)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) P. brembanus (31618 31620 31628) Paraceratites indet. (31611 31619 31631)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina Ceratites evolvens (206721)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Italy (Piedmont) Ceratites trinodosus, Ceratites brembanus (86708)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Austria (Innsbruck) Ceratites elegans (202280)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian247.2 - 221.5Turkey (Anatolia) Ceratites trinodosus (204511 204518)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Bulgaria P. trinodosus (44919)