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 and Zheng 1981
Sister taxa: Pseudotirolites acutus, Pseudotirolites anshunensis, Pseudotirolites asiaticus, Pseudotirolites disconnectus, Pseudotirolites dislobatus, Pseudotirolites guixianensis, Pseudotirolites laibinensis, Pseudotirolites lativentrosus, Pseudotirolites orientalis, Pseudotirolites qianjiangensis, Pseudotirolites qinglongensis, Pseudotirolites radiaplicatus, Pseudotirolites regularis, Pseudotirolites shaheensis, Pseudotirolites varians
Type specimen: NIGP 14935. Its type locality is Lijiachong, Lindai, Bed 2, Qingzhen County, which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 49.1
Distribution:
• Permian of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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