Ussurites xinghaiensis Wang and Chen 1979 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae

Full reference: Y. G. Wang and G. L. Chen. 1979. Cephalopoda taxonomic names. Paleontological Atlas of Northwest China, Qinghai Volume 1:3-59

Belongs to Ussurites according to Y. G. Wang and G. L. Chen 1979

Sister taxa: Ussurites arthaberi, Ussurites cameroni, Ussurites detwilleri, Ussurites hara, Ussurites hosei, Ussurites kingi, Ussurites mansfeldi, Ussurites mansfieldi, Ussurites muskwa, Ussurites sichoticus, Ussurites sieveri, Ussurites sokolovi, Ussurites submansfeldi, Ussurites yabei

Type specimen: NIGP 34064. Its type locality is Wenquan IV-P13F10-3, Xinghai County, which is in an Aegean/Bithynian marine horizon in the Gulangdi Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wenquan IV-P13F10-3, Xinghai County

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