Paratongluceras lixianense Zheng 1984 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae

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

Belongs to Paratongluceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Bogoslovskaya 1990 and Zheng 1984

Sister taxa: Paratongluceras gaoyaoense, Paratongluceras subglobosum, Shimenites hunanensis

Type specimen: NIGP 64972. 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

Distribution: found only at Dalianpo, Lixian County

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