Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Alternative combination: Orthoceras lopingense
Full reference: A. A. Stoyanow. 1910. On the character of the boundary of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic near Djulfa. Zapiski Imperatorskago St. Peterburgskago Mineralogicheskago Obshchestva, Vtoraya Seriya 47:61-135
Belongs to Lopingoceras according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1996
See also Liang 1984, Stoyanow 1910, Teichert and Kummel 1973, Zhao et al. 1978 and Zheng 1984
Sister taxa: Lopingoceras acutanolatum, Lopingoceras bicinctum, Lopingoceras guangdeense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.3
Distribution:
• Permian of Azerbaijan (7 collections), China (5), Iran (1), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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