Stacheoceras megamultidentatum Sheng 1984 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae

Alternative combinations: Stacheoceras multidentatum, Stacheoceras multidentatus

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

Belongs to Stacheoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2018

See also Bogoslovskaya 1990, Leonova 2002, Sheng 1984 and Sheng 1984

Sister taxa: Stacheoceras (Neostacheoceras), Stacheoceras andrussowi, Stacheoceras antiquum, Stacheoceras arthaberi, Stacheoceras beishanense, Stacheoceras boesei, Stacheoceras borissiaki, Stacheoceras caucasicus, Stacheoceras chaotianense, Stacheoceras collignoni, Stacheoceras darae, Stacheoceras discoidale, Stacheoceras gaudryi, Stacheoceras gemmellaroi, Stacheoceras giganteum, Stacheoceras gilliamense, Stacheoceras globulinum, Stacheoceras gordoni, Stacheoceras iwaizakiense, Stacheoceras karpinskyi, Stacheoceras lijiangense, Stacheoceras mediterraneum, Stacheoceras mirificum, Stacheoceras oblatum, Stacheoceras orientale, Stacheoceras pengboense, Stacheoceras priscum, Stacheoceras quadridens, Stacheoceras raridentatum, Stacheoceras rothi, Stacheoceras sexlobatum, Stacheoceras shaiwaense, Stacheoceras sosiense, Stacheoceras tepense, Stacheoceras tietzei, Stacheoceras timorense, Stacheoceras toumanskayae, Stacheoceras tschernyschewi, Stacheoceras vogti, Stacheoceras xiukangense, Stacheoceras yajiangense, Parastacheoceras bidentatus

Type specimen: P3031. 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 21.6

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

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