Propinacoceras affine Gemmellaro 1887 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1887. La Fauna dei Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc. 1 - Ammonoidea. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 19:1-106

Belongs to Propinacoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Gemmellaro 1887 and Liang 1982

Sister taxa: Propinacoceras ajense, Propinacoceras aktubense, Propinacoceras asiaticum, Propinacoceras beyrichi, Propinacoceras busterense, Propinacoceras galilaei, Propinacoceras insulcatum, Propinacoceras junctum, Propinacoceras modestum, Propinacoceras sangobense, Propinacoceras shuangputangense, Propinacoceras toumanskayae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 12.4

Distribution:

• Permian of Indonesia (1 collection), Italy (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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