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 Leyeceras according to Y. Shigeta and H. D. Nguyen 2014
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008 and Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIMUZ 25964. Its type locality is Jinya Section Jin43, which is in a Smithian slope lime mudstone in China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 76.5
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (4 collections), Oman (3), Vietnam (5)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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