†Xiaoqiaoceras involutus Brayard and Bucher 2008 (ceratite)
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Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Full reference: A. Brayard and H. Bucher. 2008. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi (South China): taxonomy and biochronology. Fossils and Strata 55:1-179
Belongs to Xiaoqiaoceras according to T. Brühwiler et al. 2012
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008
Sister taxon: Xiaoqiaoceras americanum
Type specimen: PIMUZ 25948. Its type locality is Jinya Section Jin4, which is in a Smithian slope lime mudstone in China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 20.3
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (4 collections), India (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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