Procurvoceratites pygmaeus Brayard and Bucher 2008 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida

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 Procurvoceratites according to A. Brayard and H. Bucher 2008

Sister taxa: Procurvoceratites ampliatus, Procurvoceratites subtabulatus

Type specimen: PIMUZ 26195. Its type locality is Jinya Section Jin28, which is in a Smithian slope lime mudstone in China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.3

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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