Liroceras chenxianense Liang 1984 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

Full reference: X. L. Liang. 1984. Some Late Permian nautiloids. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23:699-703

Belongs to Liroceras according to X. L. Liang 1984

Sister taxa: Liroceras bakhense, Liroceras devjatovense, Liroceras didmyoaurise, Liroceras excentricum, Liroceras fornicatum, Liroceras gardenense, Liroceras globulare, Liroceras hsuyuchiani, Liroceras hunanense, Liroceras involutum, Liroceras karaouii, Liroceras korulkense, Liroceras leitrimense, Liroceras lichuanense, Liroceras liratum, Liroceras meishanense, Liroceras missouriensis, Liroceras molengraafi, Liroceras orientale, Liroceras praelunense, Liroceras ruzhencevi, Liroceras salomonensis, Liroceras shakhtauense, Liroceras sinense, Liroceras vermis, Liroceras volgense, Liroceras waterloti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dapaichong, Huatang, Chenxian County, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Changxing Formation of China

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 39.1

Distribution: found only at Dapaichong, Huatang, Chenxian County

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