Pseudogastrioceras szechuanense Chao 1965 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae

Belongs to Pseudogastrioceras according to J. K. Zhao et al. 1978

See also Ishibashi and Chonglakmani 1990 and Zhao and Liang 1974

Sister taxa: Pseudogastrioceras abichianum, Pseudogastrioceras gigantum, Pseudogastrioceras guangxiense, Pseudogastrioceras guizhouense, Pseudogastrioceras hunanense, Pseudogastrioceras jiangxiense, Pseudogastrioceras liui, Pseudogastrioceras relicuum, Pseudogastrioceras texanum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Mingyuexia Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 45.3

Distribution:

• Permian of China (6 collections), Thailand (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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