Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
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 Bransonoceras according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
Sister taxa: Bransonoceras bakeri, Bransonoceras costatum, Eolegoceras murgabense
Type specimen: NIGP 93725, a shell. Its type locality is Huagong, beds 19-17, which is in an Artinskian marine claystone in the Longyin Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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