Pedanochonoceras Chen et al. 1981 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Orthoceratoidea

Full reference: J. Y. Chen, G. W. Liu, and T. E. Chen. 1981. Silurian nautiloid faunas of central and southwestern China. Memoirs of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology 13:1-104

Parent taxon: Michelinoceratinae according to J. Y. Chen et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Acanthomichelinoceras, Arkonoceras, Balticoceras, Hesperoceras, Imbricatoceras, Sinoceras

Subtaxa: Pedanochonoceras altothulamum Pedanochonoceras centrum Pedanochonoceras contractum Pedanochonoceras densum Pedanochonoceras nanum Pedanochonoceras submarginatum

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Type: Pedanochonoceras contractum

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at near Rongxi (Silurian of China)

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