Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Thalassoceratidae
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 Aristoceras according to Z. R. Zhou 2017
Sister taxa: Aristoceras appressum, Aristoceras chkalovi, Aristoceras serum
Type specimen: NIGP 89008, a shell. Its type locality is Collection 7095, Zhuangli section, bed 11, which is in an Asselian basinal (siliciclastic) claystone in China.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 21.4
Distribution: found only at Collection 7095, Zhuangli section, bed 11
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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