Lianyuanoceras shenjiachongense Zhou 1985 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Full reference: Z. Zhou. 1985. Several problems on the Early Permian ammonoids from South China. Palaeontologia Cathayana 2:179-209

Belongs to Lianyuanoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zhou 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 70759. Its type locality is Shenjiachong, Lijialong, Lianyuan County, which is in a Kungurian marine mudstone in the Dangchong Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 21.7

Distribution: found only at Shenjiachong, Lijialong, Lianyuan County

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