Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Echioceratidae
Full reference: Y. Z. Sun, G. M. Zhu, G. F. Liu and H. B. Sheng. 1980. Studies on Lower Jurassic ammonites from Kaiping-Enping area, Guangdong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 19:68-76
Belongs to Paltechioceras according to Y. Z. Sun et al. 1980
Sister taxa: Paltechioceras aureolum, Paltechioceras boehmi, Paltechioceras burckhardti, Paltechioceras charpentieri, Paltechioceras elicitum, Paltechioceras favrei, Paltechioceras flexicostatum, Paltechioceras hierlatzicum, Paltechioceras liciense, Paltechioceras meisteri, Paltechioceras mexicanum, Paltechioceras nobile, Paltechioceras oosteri, Paltechioceras ophioides, Paltechioceras recticostatum, Paltechioceras romanicum, Paltechioceras rothpletzi, Paltechioceras studeri, Euechioceras exoletum
Type specimen: Ce-Gd-0042. Its type locality is Jiushishan, Gaoming, Gaohe County, which is in a Sinemurian marine siltstone/mudstone in the Jinji Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.0
Distribution: found only at Jiushishan, Gaoming, Gaohe County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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