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 Pentagonoceras according to H. B. Sheng 1989
See also Leonova 2002 and Zhao et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Pentagonoceras attenuatum, Pentagonoceras costatum, Pentagonoceras guangyuanense, Pentagonoceras guizhouense, Pentagonoceras spinosum
Type specimen: NIGP 14981. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, south limb of anticline, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 47.6
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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