Protobactrites densus 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

Belongs to Protobactrites according to J. Y. Chen et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Protobactrites clinatus, Protobactrites compressus, Protobactrites heshuiensis, Protobactrites leijitunensis, Protobactrites loumianensis, Protobactrites rectus, Protobactrites rongxiensis, Protobactrites styloideum, Protobactrites subquadratus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protobactrites densus in the database

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