Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Agathiceratidae
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 Agathiceras according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
Sister taxa: Agathiceras (Agathiceras), Agathiceras anceps, Agathiceras applanatum, Agathiceras applini, Agathiceras brouweri, Agathiceras broweri, Agathiceras ciscoense, Agathiceras contractum, Agathiceras divisum, Agathiceras frechi, Agathiceras girtyi, Agathiceras iranicum, Agathiceras jilinense, Agathiceras mediterraneum, Agathiceras suessi, Agathiceras sundaicum, Agathiceras tornatum, Agathiceras uralicum, Agathiceras verkhoyanicum, Agathiceras vulgatum
Type specimen: NIGP 88988, a shell. Its type locality is Collection 7084, Meyao Section, bed 26, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Nandan Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.0
Distribution:
• Permian of China (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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