Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Full reference: J. K. Zhao, X. L. Liang, and Z. G. Zheng. 1978. Late Permian cephalopods of south China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series B 154(12):1-194
Belongs to Strigogoniatites according to J. K. Zhao et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Strigogoniatites angulatus, Strigogoniatites changningensis, Strigogoniatites fountaini, Strigogoniatites hubeiensis, Strigogoniatites kingi, Strigogoniatites liuchowensis, Strigogoniatites nodosus, Strigogoniatites umbilicatus
Type specimen: NIGP 14809. Its type locality is Beihuashan, Anfu County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 53.8
Distribution: found only at Beihuashan, Anfu County
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