Roadoceras prodromus Ruzhentsev 1976 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Alternative combination: Altudoceras prodromus

Full reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev. 1976. Late Permian ammonoids from the Soviet far east. Paleontological Journal 10(3):277-290

Belongs to Roadoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Ruzhentsev 1976

Sister taxa: Roadoceras beedei, Roadoceras bellum, Roadoceras chinense, Roadoceras haacki, Roadoceras hubeiense, Roadoceras plicatum, Roadoceras roadense, Roadoceras sinense, Roadoceras tumidum, Roadoceras xizangense

Type specimen: PIN 1016/2. Its type locality is Bolshie Churki Range, Quarry at 94 km along Birobidzhan-Leninskoy Route, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Osakhta Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.0

Distribution: found only at Bolshie Churki Range, Quarry at 94 km along Birobidzhan-Leninskoy Route

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