Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Alternative combination: Pericycloceras costatum
Full reference: J. K. Zhao and Z. G. Zheng. 1977. The Permian ammonoids from Zhejiang and Jiangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 16:217-252
Belongs to Bransonoceras according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009
See also Boiko et al. 2008 and Leonova 2002
Sister taxa: Bransonoceras bakeri, Bransonoceras longyinense, Eolegoceras murgabense
Type specimen: NIGP 44604. Its type locality is Dongwuli section, Bed 16, Lijia, Jiande County, which is in a Wordian coastal mudstone in the Dingjiashan Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 16.8
Distribution: found only at Dongwuli section, Bed 16, Lijia, Jiande County
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