Prototoceras complanatum Zhao et al. 1978 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae

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 Prototoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zhao et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Prototoceras anfuense, 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 plicatum, Prototoceras pulchriforme, Prototoceras raddei, Prototoceras simplex, Prototoceras tropitum, Prototoceras venustum, Prototoceras xiangulingense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dongshengling, Laoshan Mb, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Loping Formation of China

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.5

Distribution: found only at Dongshengling, Laoshan Mb, Fengcheng County

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