Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae
Full reference: T. B. Leonova. 1989. Taxonomic names, in Rannepermskie ammonoidei Yugo-Vostochnogo Pamira. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 235:1-198
Belongs to Parapronorites according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
See also Leonova 1989, Leonova 2002, Zhou and Liengjarern 2004 and Zhou and Yang 2005
Sister taxa: Parapronorites konincki, Parapronorites latus, Parapronorites subitus, Parapronorites timorensis
Type specimen: PIN 3591/311, a shell. Its type locality is Shindy River, Sample 26/2, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kyzyldzhilga Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.8
Distribution:
• Permian of China (4 collections), Tajikistan (37), Thailand (1)
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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