Grioceras longilobatum Liang 1982 (ammonite)

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

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