Pernodoceras guangyuanense Zhao et al. 1978 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Alternative combination: Pseudotirolites guangyuanensis

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 Pernodoceras according to J. K. Zhao et al. 1978

See also Leonova 2002

Sister taxa: Pernodoceras fenghaiense, Pernodoceras kwangsiense, Pernodoceras multinodosum, Pernodoceras robustum, Pernodoceras subtrapezoidale, Pernodoceras yonganense

Type specimen: NIGP 34338. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Chaotian Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 57.8

Distribution: found only at Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Chaotian Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County

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