Aulacaganides hunanicus 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 Aulacaganides according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zhou 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGP 70760. Its type locality is Jiangjiachong, southern Shaoyang City, which is in a Kungurian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in the Dangchong Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 15.3

Distribution: found only at Jiangjiachong, southern Shaoyang City (pre-1985 coll)

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