Neocrimites obesus Sheng 1984 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Full reference: H. B. Sheng. 1984. Late Lower Permian ammonoids from Xiukang Formation, Lhaze district, Xizang (Tibet). Himalaya Geology 2:219-243

Belongs to Neocrimites according to H. B. Sheng 1984

See also Sheng 1984

Sister taxa: Neocrimites (Metacrimites), Neocrimites (Neocrimites), Neocrimites (Sosiocrimites), Neocrimites fredericksi, Neocrimites guangxiensis, Neocrimites guizhouensis, Neocrimites jiajiaensis, Neocrimites nalivkini, Neocrimites oyensi, Neocrimites rothpletzi

Type specimen: P3025. Its type locality is Xiukang Limestone Block, Sample 80f-201, Lhaze County, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Quxia Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 44.6

Distribution: found only at Xiukang Limestone Block, Sample 80f-201, Lhaze County

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