Aspenites chaoxianensis Guo 1982 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aspenitidae

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 Aspenites according to P. X. Guo 1982

Sister taxa: Aspenites acutus, Aspenites kamurensis, Aspenites radiatus

Type specimen: NIGP 20074. 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

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

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