Sinotitanoceras giganteus Pan 1983 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae

Full reference: Y. T. Pan. 1983. A new genus of coiled nautiloid fossil from the Lower Permian Qixia Formation of Sichuan Province. Scientia Geologica Sinica 1983:425-428

Belongs to Sinotitanoceras according to Y. T. Pan 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xunchang, Bed 3, Gongxian County, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 500.0

Distribution: found only at Xunchang, Bed 3, Gongxian County

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