Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Full reference: J. K. Zhao, X. L. Liang, and Z. G. Zheng. 1978. Late Permian cephalopods of south China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series B 154(12):1-194
Belongs to Prototoceras according to J. K. Zhao et al. 1978
Sister taxa: 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 xiangulingense
Type specimen: NIGP 14908, a shell. Its type locality is Dongshengling, Laoshan Mb, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.7
Distribution:
• Permian of China (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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