Pleuronodoceras attenuatum Zhao et al. 1978 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae

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 Pleuronodoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zhao et al. 1978

Sister taxa: Pleuronodoceras anshunense, Pleuronodoceras carinatum, Pleuronodoceras curvaplicatum, Pleuronodoceras dayenense, Pleuronodoceras densiplicatum, Pleuronodoceras dushanense, Pleuronodoceras guangdeense, Pleuronodoceras guiyangense, Pleuronodoceras hubeiense, Pleuronodoceras inflatum, Pleuronodoceras liuchengense, Pleuronodoceras mapingense, Pleuronodoceras matanense, Pleuronodoceras mirificum, Pleuronodoceras multinodosum, Pleuronodoceras radiatum, Pleuronodoceras robustum, Pleuronodoceras tenuicostatum, Pleuronodoceras tonglingense

Type specimen: NIGP 14961. Its type locality is Kemaling, Qianjiang, Laibin County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 66.2

Distribution: found only at Kemaling, Qianjiang, Laibin County

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