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Paraceltitidae

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paraceltitidae

Taxonomy

Paraceltitidae was named by Spath (1930).

It was assigned to Xenodiscaceae by Tozer (1969), Tozer (1981), Leonova (2002) and Korn (2006).

Subtaxa

Cibolites (syn. Xenodiscites), Doulingoceras, Kingoceras, Meitianoceras, Meixianites, Nielsenoceras, Paraceltites (syn. Paracibolites, Paralecanites), Paraceltites bowdeni

Synonyms

Discitoceras bowdeni was named by Rilett (1963). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Probably Europe, which is in a Jurassic marine mudstone in Germany.

It was considered a nomen dubium by McLachlan (1977); it was recombined as Paraceltites bowdeni by Teichert and Rilett (1974) and Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1930	Paraceltitidae Spath
1963	Discitoceras bowdeni Rilett p. 73 figs. Pl. 11
1969	Paraceltitidae Tozer p. 352
1974	Paraceltites bowdeni Teichert and Rilett p. 5
1981	Paraceltitidae Tozer p. 87
2002	Paraceltitidae Leonova
2002	Paraceltites bowdeni Leonova p. 99
2006	Paraceltitidae Korn

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Paraceltitina	Shevyrev 1968
superfamily	Xenodiscoidea	(Frech 1902)
family	Paraceltitidae	Spath 1930
family	Paraceltitidae	Spath 1930

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.

Fm. †Paraceltitidae Spath 1930

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G. †Cibolites Plummer and Scott 1937

†Cibolites africanus Miller and Furnish 1957

†Cibolites curvoplicatus Zhao and Zheng 1977

†Cibolites dongwuliensis Zhao and Zheng 1977

†Cibolites parvus Zhou 1987

†Cibolites uddeni Plummer and Scott 1937

†Cibolites waageni Miller and Furnish 1940

Invalid names: Cibolites mojsisovicsi Miller 1944 [synonym]

Invalid names: Xenodiscites Miller and Furnish 1940 [synonym]

G. †Doulingoceras Zhou 1985

†Doulingoceras costituberosum Zhou 1985

†Doulingoceras nodosum Zhou 1985

G. †Kingoceras Miller 1944

†Kingoceras achurense Zakharov 1983

†Kingoceras kingi Miller 1944

G. †Meitianoceras Zheng 1984

†Meitianoceras meitianense Zheng 1984

†Meitianoceras paulum Yang and Yang 1992

†Meitianoceras sphaelobatum Yang and Yang 1992

G. †Meixianites Xu 1977

†Meixianites guangdongensis Xu 1977

G. †Nielsenoceras Furnish 1966

†Nielsenoceras skinneri Miller and Furnish 1940

G. †Paraceltites Gemmellaro 1887

†Paraceltites altudensis Böse 1919

†Paraceltites costatus Hayasaka 1947

†Paraceltites elegans Girty 1908

Invalid names: Paraceltites bamianus Reed 1931 [synonym], Paracibolites costatus Hayasaka 1947 [synonym]

†Paraceltites hoeferi Gemmellaro 1887

Invalid names: Paraceltites halli Gemmellaro 1888 [synonym], Paraceltites muensteri Gemmellaro 1888 [synonym], Paraceltites plicatus Gemmellaro 1888 [synonym]

†Paraceltites hubeiensis Xu 1977

†Paraceltites hunanensis Xu 1977

†Paraceltites multicostatus Böse 1919

†Paraceltites ornatus Miller and Furnish 1940

†Paraceltites platyventrus Liang 1976

†Paraceltites rectangularis Miller 1944

†Paraceltites sellardsi Miller and Furnish 1940

†Paraceltites xizangensis Liang 1976

†Paraceltites zhongguoensis Xu 1977

Invalid names: Paracibolites Hayasaka 1947 [synonym], Paralecanites Gemmellaro 1887 [synonym]

Invalid names: Paraceltites bowdeni Rilett 1963 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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 Guadalupian to the top of the Jurassic or 273.01000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (95 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	USA (Texas)	Paraceltites sp. (43495)
Kungurian - Roadian	279.3 - 268.8	USA (Texas)	Paraceltites elegans (106116)
Guadalupian	273.01 - 259.51	Mexico (Guerrero)	Paraceltites elegans (232711 232712)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Ukraine	Paraceltites sp. (81423)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Oman	Cibolites sp., Paraceltites elegans (102388) Paraceltites hoeferi (102386)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	China (Zhejiang)	Paraceltites elegans, Paraceltites hoeferi (101600) Paraceltites sp. (121716)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	USA (New Mexico)	Paraceltites elegans (62653)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	USA (Texas)	Paraceltites elegans (73587 81992 91019 101783 106117 106148 106150 106152 106154 108832 113234 113260 113265 113266 113267) Paraceltites multicostatus (113179) Paraceltites ornatus (113208 113239) Paraceltites sp. (43512 106120 106125)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	China (Hunan)	Paraceltites elegans, Paraceltites hunanensis (105464)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	China (Hubei)	Paraceltites multicostatus, Paraceltites zhongguoensis, Paraceltites hubeiensis (123608)
Roadian - Wordian	272.3 - 264.28	China (Zhejiang)	Paraceltites sp. (121717)
Roadian - Wordian	272.3 - 264.28	China (Guangdong)	Meixianites guangdongensis (105439)
Roadian - Wordian	272.3 - 264.28	China (Hubei)	Paraceltites zhongguoensis (105452)
Roadian - Capitanian	272.3 - 259.51	USA (Texas)	Paraceltites elegans (108834)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Italy	Paraceltites halli, Paraceltites muensteri, Paraceltites plicatus (108673) Paraceltites hoeferi (108566 108567 136215)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	USA (Texas)	Cibolites uddeni (102619 106195 113221 113227 113261 113262) Cibolites uddeni, Paraceltites elegans (131232) Paraceltites altudensis (113237 113263) Paraceltites altudensis, Cibolites uddeni (113270) Paraceltites multicostatus, Paraceltites elegans (113181) Paraceltites ornatus, Paraceltites sellardsi (105514) Paralecanites altudensis (88436) Xenaspis skinneri (113243 113245 113252)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	China (Jiangxi)	Cibolites curvoplicatus (101605)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Tunisia (Madanin)	Cibolites africanus (42091)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Tunisia	Cibolites africanus (113075)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Canada (British Columbia)	Paraceltites rectangularis (62319 62320)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	China (Guizhou)	Paraceltites sp. (185565)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	China (Zhejiang)	Cibolites sp. (121715) Paraceltites altudensis, Cibolites dongwuliensis (97115)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Japan	Cibolites uddeni (107613 107614 109645) Paraceltites elegans (107611)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Mexico (Coahuila)	Paraceltites ornatus (62920)
Wordian - Capitanian	266.9 - 259.51	China (Guizhou)	Cibolites sp. (185564)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Mexico (Coahuila)	Kingoceras kingi (73588) Paraceltites altudensis, Paraceltites rectangularis, Cibolites mojsisovicsi, Xenodiscites waageni (62907)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	China (Hunan)	Paraceltites sp. (100080)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Japan	Cibolites uddeni (107615)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	USA (Texas)	Cibolites uddeni (89393 136216) Xenaspis skinneri (113253)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Pakistan	Paraceltites sp. (126264)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Mexico (Coahuila)	Kingoceras kingi (62905 82066 82067 82068)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Azerbaijan	Kingoceras achurense (94948 110595)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	China (Hunan)	Doulingoceras nodosum (97261 101596) Paraceltites elegans (101951 101953)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	Iran	Kingoceras kingi (118004) Kingoceras sp. (118002) Paraceltites sp. (101109)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Hubei)	Meitianoceras sphaelobatum, Meitianoceras paulum (95721)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Hunan)	Meitianoceras meitianense (101949)
Jurassic	201.4 - 145.0	Germany	Discitoceras bowdeni (81402)