Zhonglupuceras mapesi Frest et al. 1981 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae

Alternative combination: Pseudohalorites mapesi

Full reference: T. J. Frest, B.F. Glenister, and W.M. Furnish. 1981. Pennsylvanian-Permian Cheiloceratacean ammonoid families Maximitidae and Pseudohaloritidae. The Paleontology Society Memoir 11

Belongs to Zhonglupuceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Frest et al. 1981 and Zhou 1985

Sister taxa: Zhonglupuceras arabicus, Zhonglupuceras celestre, Zhonglupuceras densistriatum, Zhonglupuceras longilobum

Type specimen: USNM 304010. Its type locality is USNM726o, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 13.4

Distribution: found only at USNM726o, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains

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