Shouchangoceras americanum Frest et al. 1981 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Full reference: T. J. Frest, B.F. Glenister, and W.M. Furnish. 1981. Pennsylvanian-Permian Cheiloceratacean ammonoid families Maximitidae and Pseudohaloritidae. The Paleontology Society Memoir 11

Belongs to Shouchangoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Frest et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Shouchangoceras multinodosum, Shouchangoceras reticulatum, Shouchangoceras shouchangense, Shouchangoceras subglobosum

Type specimen: SUI 45087. Its type locality is Deadman Canyon, Seven Heart Gap, Apache Mountains, which is in a Capitanian perireef or subreef limestone in the Capitan Formation of Texas.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 12.0

Distribution: found only at Deadman Canyon, Seven Heart Gap, Apache Mountains

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