Planetoceras postremum Reed 1944 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596

Belongs to Planetoceras according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Planetoceras bellilineatum, Planetoceras destrictum, Planetoceras globatum, Planetoceras invenustum, Planetoceras janischevskyi, Planetoceras retardatum, Planetoceras schartimiense, Planetoceras tiltoni, Planetoceras transforme

Type specimen: Its type locality is SE of Alyanwali, K28.737-743, 750-760, 827-833, N of Jabbi, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 45.8

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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