Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Full reference: Y. Z. Sun and G. M. Zhu. 1980. Taxonomic names, in Studies on Lower Jurassic ammonites from Kaiping-Enping area, Guangdong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19:71
Belongs to Coroniceras according to Y. G. Wang and P. L. Smith 1986
See also Sun and Zhu 1980
Sister taxa: Arietites pseudospiralis, Coroniceras (Eucoroniceras), Coroniceras (Guexiceras), Coroniceras (Paracoroniceras), Coroniceras alcinoe, Coroniceras caprotinum, Coroniceras charlesi, Coroniceras deffneri, Coroniceras fergusoni, Coroniceras gallicum, Coroniceras grantsvillense, Coroniceras involutum, Coroniceras kridion, Coroniceras luningense, Coroniceras lyra, Coroniceras multicostatum, Coroniceras oblongaries, Coroniceras planaries, Coroniceras rotiforme, Coroniceras subrotiforme, Coroniceras volcanoense, Pararnioceras alcinoiforme, Epammonites isis, Epammonites scunthorpense, Epammonites schloenbachi, Epammonites latisulcatus, Arnioceratoides spurius, Arnioceratoides hercynicum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shiwan, Shengtang, Kaiping County, which is in a Bucklandi/Semicostatum marine siltstone/mudstone in the Jinji Formation of China
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.3
Distribution:
• Jurassic of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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