Psiloceras tibeticum Yin et al. 2007 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae

Full reference: J. Yin, P. L. Smith, J. Pálfy and R. Enay. 2007. Ammonoids and the Triassic/Jurassic boundary in the Himalayas of southern Tibet. Palaeontology 50(3):711-737

Belongs to Psiloceras according to J. Yin et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Psiloceras (Discamphiceras), Psiloceras angulocostatum, Psiloceras calliphylloides, Psiloceras calliphyllum, Psiloceras marcouxi, Psiloceras pacificum, Psiloceras planorbis, Psiloceras plicatulum, Psiloceras polymorphum, Psiloceras pressum, Psiloceras primocostatum, Psiloceras rectocostatum, Psiloceras reynesi, Psiloceras spelae, Psiloceras strongolum, Psiloceras tilmanni, Transipsiloceras transiens

Type specimen: A2004CUGB2026

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 27.2

Distribution: found only at Level A1, Section A - Germig, Tibet (Jurassic of China)

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