Paracrochordiceras pingtangense Zhao and Wang 1974 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae

Full reference: J. K. Zhao and Y. G. Wang. 1974. Triassic ammonoids. Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southwest China 344-351

Belongs to Paracrochordiceras according to J. K. Zhao and Y. G. Wang 1974

Sister taxa: Paracrochordiceras americanum, Paracrochordiceras anodosum, Paracrochordiceras asseretoi, Paracrochordiceras benderi, Paracrochordiceras denseplicatum, Paracrochordiceras mclearni, Paracrochordiceras pandya, Paracrochordiceras plicatus, Paracrochordiceras qinghaiense, Paracrochordiceras silberlingi, Paracrochordiceras welteri, Eoacrochordiceras evolutum, Eoacrochordiceras ziyunense, Preflorianitoides reniformis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Modaoshi village, Pingtang County, which is in an Aegean marine horizon in China

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 47.1

Distribution: found only at Modaoshi village, Pingtang County

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