Aristoceras liuzhaiense Zhou 2017 (ammonite)

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

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