Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
Alternative combination: Arctoceras strigatus
Full reference: A. Brayard and H. Bucher. 2008. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi (South China): taxonomy and biochronology. Fossils and Strata 55:1-179
Belongs to Submeekoceras according to Y. D. Zakharov and O. P. Smyshlyaeva 2025
See also Brayard and Bucher 2008
Sister taxa: Submeekoceras hsuyuchieni, Submeekoceras malayicum, Submeekoceras meridionale, Submeekoceras mushbachanum, Submeekoceras patelliforme, Submeekoceras rubyae, Submeekoceras schalteggeri, Submeekoceras subhydaspis, Submeekoceras tuberculatum, Submeekoceras ussuriense
Type specimen: PIMUZ 26023. Its type locality is Jinya Section Jin15, which is in a Smithian slope lime mudstone/mudstone in China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 63.9
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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