Japonites ziyunensis Wang 1978 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Japonitidae

Full reference: Y. Wang. 1978. Ammonites at the end of the Early Triassic in Ziyun, Guizhou — with notes on the relationship between the Early and Middle Triassic ammonoids. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 17:151-177

Belongs to Japonites according to Y. Wang 1978

Sister taxa: Japonites asseretoi, Japonites dieneri, Japonites kirata, Japonites kueichowensis, Japonites labaensis, Japonites meridianus, Japonites planiplicatus, Japonites readi, Japonites starensis, Japonites surgriva, Japonites welteri, Japonites wrighti

Type specimen: NIGP 44471, a shell. Its type locality is Sample AAN14, Xinyuan, Ziyun, which is in a Spathian carbonate limestone in the Luolou Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sample AAN14, Xinyuan, Ziyun

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