†Ziyunites Wang 1978 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Sturiidae
Full reference: Y. Wang. 1978. Ammonites at the end of the Early Triassic in Ziyun, Guizhou — with notes on the relationship between the Early and Middle Triassic ammonoids. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 17:151-177
Parent taxon: Sturiidae according to E. T. Tozer 1981
See also Brayard et al. 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Discoptychites, Parasturia, Psilosturia, Sturia
Subtaxa: Ziyunites asseretoi Ziyunites ziyunensis
Type: Ziyunites ziyunensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Greece (2), Romania (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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