Tongluceras canadense Nassichuk 1977 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae

Alternative combinations: Mexicoceras canadense, Waagenoceras canadensis

Full reference: W.W. Nassichuk. 1977. Upper Permian ammonoids from the Cache Creek Group in western Canada. Journal of Paleontology 51(3):557-590

Belongs to Tongluceras according to T. B. Leonova 2010

See also Bogoslovskaya 1990, Leonova 2002 and Nassichuk 1977

Sister taxa: Tongluceras lengwuense, Tongluceras tongguanense

Type specimen: GSC 42278. Its type locality is Locality B, GSC locality 79412, which is in a Wordian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Horsefeed Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 19.2

Distribution: found only at Locality B, GSC locality 79412

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