Prototoceras diluterotalum Qin 1986 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae

Full reference: Z. S. Qin. 1986. New material of early Late Permian cephalopods in Fengcheng-Gaoan area, Jiangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25:272-283

Belongs to Prototoceras according to Z. S. Qin 1986

Sister taxa: Prototoceras anfuense, Prototoceras complanatum, Prototoceras compressum, Prototoceras discoidale, Prototoceras fedoroffi, Prototoceras fengchengense, Prototoceras hunanense, Prototoceras inflatum, Prototoceras intermedium, Prototoceras longilobatum, Prototoceras multidenticulatum, Prototoceras pachygyrum, Prototoceras parallelum, Prototoceras pessoides, Prototoceras plicatum, Prototoceras pulchriforme, Prototoceras raddei, Prototoceras simplex, Prototoceras tropitum, Prototoceras venustum, Prototoceras xiangulingense

Type specimen: Geological Bureau of Jiangxi Guan35. Its type locality is Guanmaoshan, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Loping Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.0

Distribution: found only at Guanmaoshan, Fengcheng County

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