Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Vidrioceratidae
Full reference: J. K. Zhao, X. L. Liang, and Z. G. Zheng. 1978. Late Permian cephalopods of south China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series B 154(12):1-194
Belongs to Stacheoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2018
See also Bogoslovskaya 1990, Leonova 2002 and Zhao et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Stacheoceras (Neostacheoceras), Stacheoceras andrussowi, Stacheoceras antiquum, Stacheoceras arthaberi, Stacheoceras beishanense, Stacheoceras boesei, Stacheoceras borissiaki, Stacheoceras caucasicus, Stacheoceras collignoni, Stacheoceras darae, Stacheoceras discoidale, Stacheoceras gaudryi, Stacheoceras gemmellaroi, Stacheoceras giganteum, Stacheoceras gilliamense, Stacheoceras globulinum, Stacheoceras gordoni, Stacheoceras iwaizakiense, Stacheoceras karpinskyi, Stacheoceras lijiangense, Stacheoceras mediterraneum, Stacheoceras megamultidentatum, Stacheoceras mirificum, Stacheoceras oblatum, Stacheoceras orientale, Stacheoceras pengboense, Stacheoceras priscum, Stacheoceras quadridens, Stacheoceras raridentatum, Stacheoceras rothi, Stacheoceras sexlobatum, Stacheoceras shaiwaense, Stacheoceras sosiense, Stacheoceras tepense, Stacheoceras tietzei, Stacheoceras timorense, Stacheoceras toumanskayae, Stacheoceras tschernyschewi, Stacheoceras vogti, Stacheoceras xiukangense, Stacheoceras yajiangense, Parastacheoceras bidentatus
Type specimen: NIGP 14826. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Chaotian Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.1
Distribution:
• Permian of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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