Marathonites guangdongensis Xu 1977 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Full reference: G. H. Xu. 1977. Cephalopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:537-582

Belongs to Marathonites according to G. H. Xu 1977

Sister taxa: Marathonites (Marathonites), Marathonites jpsmithi, Marathonites moorei, Marathonites uralensis, Marathonites vidriensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Baidu, Meizhou County, which is in a Roadian/Wordian offshore siliciclastic in the Kufeng Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Baidu, Meizhou County

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