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†Prototoceras Spath 1930 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae

Parent taxon: Araxoceratinae according to D. Korn 2006

See also Clapham 2015, Leonova 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Spath 1934

Sister taxa: Abadehceras, Anfuceras, Araxoceras, Avushoceras, Discotoceras, Dzhulfoceras, Eojiangxiceras, Periptychoceras, Pseudotoceras, Rotaraxoceras, Urartoceras, Vedioceras, Vescotoceras

Subtaxa: Prototoceras anfuense Prototoceras complanatum Prototoceras compressum Prototoceras diluterotalum Prototoceras discoidale Prototoceras fedoroffi Prototoceras fengchengense Prototoceras hunanense Prototoceras inflatum Prototoceras intermedium Prototoceras longilobatum Prototoceras multidenticulatum Prototoceras pachygyrum Prototoceras parallelum Prototoceras pessoides Prototoceras plicatum Prototoceras pulchriforme Prototoceras raddei Prototoceras simplex Prototoceras tropitum Prototoceras venustum Prototoceras xiangulingense

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (8), China (20), Iran (4), Thailand (1)

Total: 34 collections including 57 occurrences

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