Prototoceras pessoides Abich 1878 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Ceratites pessoides, Hungarites pessoides

Full reference: H. Abich. 1878. Geologische Forschungen in den Kaukasischen Ländern. I Theil. Eine Bergkalkfauna aus der Araxesenge bei Djoulfa in Armenien 1-126

Belongs to Prototoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Abich 1878 and Arthaber 1900

Sister taxa: Prototoceras anfuense, Prototoceras complanatum, Prototoceras compressum, Prototoceras diluterotalum, Prototoceras discoidale, Prototoceras fedoroffi, Prototoceras fengchengense, Prototoceras hunanense, Prototoceras inflatum, Prototoceras intermedium, Prototoceras longilobatum, Prototoceras multidenticulatum, Prototoceras pachygyrum, Prototoceras parallelum, Prototoceras plicatum, Prototoceras pulchriforme, Prototoceras raddei, Prototoceras simplex, Prototoceras tropitum, Prototoceras venustum, Prototoceras xiangulingense

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Araxes Gorge (Permian of Azerbaijan)

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