Pseudotirolites radiaplicatus 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 guixianensis, Pseudotirolites laibinensis, Pseudotirolites lativentrosus, Pseudotirolites orientalis, Pseudotirolites qianjiangensis, Pseudotirolites qinglongensis, Pseudotirolites regularis, Pseudotirolites shaheensis, Pseudotirolites varians

Type specimen: NIGP 14937. 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 46.2

Distribution: found only at Lijiachong, Lindai, Bed 2, Qingzhen County

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