Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Belongs to Prototoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Zhao et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Prototoceras anfuense, Prototoceras complanatum, Prototoceras compressum, Prototoceras diluterotalum, Prototoceras discoidale, Prototoceras fedoroffi, Prototoceras fengchengense, Prototoceras hunanense, Prototoceras inflatum, Prototoceras intermedium, Prototoceras longilobatum, Prototoceras multidenticulatum, Prototoceras pachygyrum, Prototoceras parallelum, Prototoceras pessoides, Prototoceras pulchriforme, Prototoceras raddei, Prototoceras simplex, Prototoceras tropitum, Prototoceras venustum, Prototoceras xiangulingense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Xianguling Kuangqu, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 20.8
Distribution:
• Permian of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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