Houdongoceras chaohuensis Yang et al. 2021 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea

Full reference: A. H. Yang, D. Y. Huang, B. Clark and C. Sendino. 2021. Description of new Permian orthocerid forms from Gufeng Formation of South China (the Yangtze Craton) and their palaeobiogeographic implications in the Palaeotethys. Historical Biology 33:2804-2821

Belongs to Houdongoceras according to A. H. Yang et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGPAS 170314, a shell. Its type locality is Site 12ch, Paomaling section, Houdong, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine shale in the Kufeng Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of China (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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