Gaetanoceras lixianense Zheng 1984 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae

Full reference: Z. G. Zheng. 1984. Some Permian ammonoids from Hunan and northern Guangdong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23:185-195

Belongs to Gaetanoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zheng 1984

Sister taxa: Gaetanoceras dronovi, Gaetanoceras globosum, Gaetanoceras martini, Gaetanoceras pavlovi

Type specimen: NIGP 64965. Its type locality is Dalianpo, Lixian County, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Xinyueshan Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 6.96

Distribution: found only at Dalianpo, Lixian County

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