Choristoceras nyalamense Yin et al. 2007 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Choristoceratidae

Full reference: J. Yin, P. L. Smith, J. Pálfy and R. Enay. 2007. Ammonoids and the Triassic/Jurassic boundary in the Himalayas of southern Tibet. Palaeontology 50(3):711-737

Belongs to Choristoceras according to J. Yin et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Choristoceras ammonitiforme, Choristoceras annulatum, Choristoceras crickmayi, Choristoceras klamathense, Choristoceras marshi, Choristoceras minutus, Choristoceras nobile, Choristoceras rhaeticum, Choristoceras robustum, Choristoceras shoshonensis, Choristoceras tortiliforme

Type specimen: A2004CUGB1018

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 30.0

Distribution: found only at Level B2, Section B - Germig, Tibet (Jurassic of China)

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