Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Full reference: M. Ehiro and A. Misaki. 2005. Middle Permian ammonoids from the Kamiyasse-Imo district in the southern Kitakami Massif, northeast Japan. Paleontological Research 9(1):1-14
Belongs to Parastacheoceras according to M. Ehiro and A. Misaki 2005
Sister taxa: Stacheoceras (Neostacheoceras), Stacheoceras andrussowi, Stacheoceras antiquum, Stacheoceras arthaberi, Stacheoceras beishanense, Stacheoceras boesei, Stacheoceras borissiaki, Stacheoceras caucasicus, Stacheoceras chaotianense, Stacheoceras collignoni, Stacheoceras darae, Stacheoceras discoidale, Stacheoceras gaudryi, Stacheoceras gemmellaroi, Stacheoceras giganteum, Stacheoceras gilliamense, Stacheoceras globulinum, Stacheoceras gordoni, Stacheoceras iwaizakiense, Stacheoceras karpinskyi, Stacheoceras lijiangense, Stacheoceras mediterraneum, Stacheoceras megamultidentatum, Stacheoceras mirificum, Stacheoceras oblatum, Stacheoceras orientale, Stacheoceras pengboense, Stacheoceras priscum, Stacheoceras quadridens, Stacheoceras raridentatum, Stacheoceras rothi, Stacheoceras sexlobatum, Stacheoceras shaiwaense, Stacheoceras sosiense, Stacheoceras tepense, Stacheoceras tietzei, Stacheoceras timorense, Stacheoceras toumanskayae, Stacheoceras tschernyschewi, Stacheoceras vogti, Stacheoceras xiukangense, Stacheoceras yajiangense
Type specimen: IGPS 109429. Its type locality is Shigejizawa River, Locality H-5, Kamiyasse District, which is in a Wordian marine mudstone in the Hoso-o Formation of Japan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.0
Distribution: found only at Shigejizawa River, Locality H-5, Kamiyasse District
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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