Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranannitidae

Synonyms: Owenites kwangsiensis Chao 1959, Owenites plicatus Chao 1959

Belongs to Owenites according to T. Brühwiler et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Owenites carpenteri, Owenites koeneni

Type specimens:

• Owenites simplex: Its type locality is Bahati, dark red limestone blocks, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in East Timor
• Owenites kwangsiensis:
• Owenites plicatus:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 6.96, shell diameter 19.1