Subcolumbites chaohuensis Guo 1982 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae

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 Subcolumbites according to P. X. Guo 1982

Sister taxa: Subcolumbites chaoxianensis, Subcolumbites dusmani, Subcolumbites europaeus, Subcolumbites minutus, Subcolumbites perrinismithi, Subcolumbites robustus

Type specimen: NIGP 20060. Its type locality is Majiashan, Caoxian (upper 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 29.0

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

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