Nordophiceras chaoxianense Guo 1982 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Nordophiceratidae

Full reference: P. X. Guo. 1982. On the occurrence of late Lower Triassic ammonoids from Anhui and Jiangsu. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21:560-567

Belongs to Nordophiceras according to P. X. Guo 1982

Sister taxa: Nordophiceras compressum, Nordophiceras contrarium, Nordophiceras karpinskii, Nordophiceras kazakovi, Nordophiceras menense, Nordophiceras planorbis, Nordophiceras popovi, Nordophiceras schmidti

Type specimen: NIGP 20020. Its type locality is Majiashan, Caoxian (lower Biandanshan Mb), which is in a Spathian basinal (carbonate) claystone in the Biandanshan Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.3

Distribution: found only at Majiashan, Caoxian (lower Biandanshan Mb)

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