Neopopanoceras clausum Gemmellaro 1887

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Popanoceras clausum, Tauroceras clausum

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

See also Gemmellaro 1887 and Leonova 2002

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.9

Distribution: found only at Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio

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