†Erinoceras ellipticum Zhao and Zheng 1977 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Pseudohaloritidae
Full reference: J. K. Zhao and Z. G. Zheng. 1977. The Permian ammonoids from Zhejiang and Jiangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 16:217-252
Belongs to Erinoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Frest et al. 1981 and Zhao and Zheng 1977
Sister taxa: Erinoceras gaoyaoense, Erinoceras lineatum, Linwuceras zhongguoense, Linwuceras hunanense, Linwuceras orientale
Type specimen: NIGP 44573. Its type locality is Tongguan west, Dongwuli Mb, Jiande County, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Dingjiashan Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tongguan west, Dongwuli Mb, Jiande County
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