Pseudotirolites qinglongensis Zheng 1981 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae

Full reference: Z. G. Zheng. 1981. Uppermost Permian (Changhsingian) ammonoids from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(2):107-114

Belongs to Pseudotirolites according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zheng 1981

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 radiaplicatus, Pseudotirolites regularis, Pseudotirolites shaheensis, Pseudotirolites varians

Type specimen: NIGP 34435. Its type locality is Dameishan, west limb of anticline, Qinglong County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 45.1

Distribution: found only at Dameishan, west limb of anticline, Qinglong County

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