Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Alternative combination: Prostacheoceras longilobatum
Full reference: X. L. Liang. 1982. Some Early Permian ammonoids from Jilin and Nei Monggol. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21(6):645-657
Belongs to Grioceras according to T. B. Leonova 2018
See also Bogoslovskaya 1990, Leonova 2002 and Liang 1982
Sister taxa: Grioceras benedictinum, Grioceras burnense, Grioceras diblasii, Grioceras globosum, Grioceras grunewaldti, Grioceras multidentatum, Grioceras pelagicum, Grioceras perspectivum, Grioceras saundersi, Grioceras shuangyangense, Grioceras skinneri, Grioceras tauricum
Type specimen: NIGP 64190. Its type locality is Zhoujiayao, ACZ1, Shuangyang County, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Fanjiatun Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 67.2
Distribution: found only at Zhoujiayao, ACZ1, Shuangyang County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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