Pseudotirolites guixianensis Zhao et al. 1978 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

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 Pseudotirolites according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zhao et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Pseudotirolites acuticostatus, Pseudotirolites acutus, Pseudotirolites anshunensis, Pseudotirolites asiaticus, Pseudotirolites disconnectus, Pseudotirolites dislobatus, Pseudotirolites laibinensis, Pseudotirolites lativentrosus, Pseudotirolites orientalis, Pseudotirolites qianjiangensis, Pseudotirolites qinglongensis, Pseudotirolites radiaplicatus, Pseudotirolites regularis, Pseudotirolites shaheensis, Pseudotirolites varians

Type specimen: NIGP 14933. Its type locality is Changling, Guixian, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 62.2

Distribution:

• Permian of China (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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