†Jilingites kesennumensis Ehiro and Araki 1997 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Full reference: M. Ehiro and H. Araki. 1997. Permian cephalopods of Kurosawa, Kesennuma City in the Southern Kitakami Massif, northeast Japan. Paleontological Research 1:55-66
Belongs to Jilingites according to T. B. Leonova 2018
See also Ehiro and Araki 1997 and Leonova 2002
Sister taxa: Jilingites bidentus, Jilingites mongeri
Type specimen: IGPS 103119. Its type locality is Kurosawa B-1, which is in a Capitanian deep-water mudstone in the Ochiai Formation of Japan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 52.0
Distribution: found only at Kurosawa B-1
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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