Erinoceras ellipticum Zhao and Zheng 1977 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - 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 orientale, Linwuceras zhongguoense, Linwuceras hunanense

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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