Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Alternative combination: Araxoceras liratum
Full reference: Z. G. Zheng and J. W. Ma. 1982. Early Late Permian ammonoids from Yichun, Jiangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21:280-289
Belongs to Sanyangites according to Z. G. Zheng and J. W. Ma 1982
See also Leonova 2002
Sister taxa: Sanyangites circellus, Sanyangites inflatus, Sanyangites latumbilicatus, Sanyangites lenticularis, Sanyangites lucunensis, Sanyangites multilobatus, Sanyangites obesus, Sanyangites rotulus, Sanyangites serratus, Sanyangites simplex, Sanyangites tricarinatus, Sanyangites umbilicatus
Type specimen: NIGP 54615. Its type locality is Lucun Section, Bed 8, Yichun County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Loping Formation of China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.0
Distribution: found only at Lucun Section, Bed 8, Yichun County
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