Eumedlicottia kabiensis Zhou 2017 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Medlicottiidae

Full reference: Z. R. Zhou. 2017. Permian basinal ammonoid sequence in Nanpanjiang area of South China - possible overlap between basinal Guadalupian and platform-based Lopingian. Journal of Paleontology 91(Memoir 74):1-95

Belongs to Eumedlicottia according to Z. R. Zhou 2017

Sister taxa: Eumedlicottia bifrons, Eumedlicottia burckhardti, Eumedlicottia nikitini, Eumedlicottia primas, Eumedlicottia subprimas, Eumedlicottia verneuili, Eumedlicottia whitneyi

Type specimen: NIGP 93693, a shell. Its type locality is Kabi, Ziyun County, which is in a Wordian basinal (siliciclastic) claystone in the Houziguan Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.6

Distribution: found only at Kabi, Ziyun County

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