Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Daraelitidae
Alternative combination: Daraelites texanus
Full reference: E. Böse. 1919. The Permo-Carboniferous ammonoids of the Glass Mountains, west Texas, and their stratigraphic significance. Texas Bureau of Economic Geology Bulletin 1762:1-241
Belongs to Boesites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Böse 1919, Nassichuk 1975 and Plummer and Scott 1937
Sister taxa: Boesites (Eoboesites), Boesites aktubensis, Boesites biconcavus, Boesites eotexanus, Boesites eurinus, Boesites girtyi, Boesites gracilis, Boesites intercalaris, Boesites kingi, Boesites primoris, Boesites serotinus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 12.7
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (7: Kansas, Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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