Neopopanoceras lineatum Liang 1982 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae

Alternative combination: Tauroceras lineatum

Full reference: X. L. Liang. 1982. Some Early Permian ammonoids from Jilin and Nei Monggol. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21(6):645-657

Belongs to Neopopanoceras according to W. M. Furnish et al. 2009

See also Leonova 2002 and Liang 1982

Sister taxa: Neopopanoceras bowmani, Neopopanoceras clausum, Neopopanoceras moelleri, Neopopanoceras multistriatum, Neopopanoceras scrobiculatum, Tauroceras xizangense

Type specimen: NIGP 64192. Its type locality is Zhoujiayao, ACZ1, Shuangyang County, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Fanjiatun Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 58.0

Distribution: found only at Zhoujiayao, ACZ1, Shuangyang County

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