Protrachyceras mutabile Wang 1983 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae

Full reference: Y.-G. Wang. 1983. Ammonoids from Falang Formation (Ladinian – E. Carnian) of southwestern Guizhou, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22(2):153-164

Belongs to Protrachyceras according to Y.-G. Wang 1983

Sister taxa: Protrachyceras anatolicum, Protrachyceras archelaus, Protrachyceras cautleyi, Protrachyceras costulatum, Protrachyceras deprati, Protrachyceras guizhouense, Protrachyceras hispanicum, Protrachyceras ibericum, Protrachyceras irregulare, Protrachyceras ladinum, Protrachyceras lermani, Protrachyceras longobardicum, Protrachyceras margaritosum, Protrachyceras negevense, Protrachyceras parinaense, Protrachyceras pseudoarchelaus, Protrachyceras sikanianum, Protrachyceras sirenitiforme, Protrachyceras spitiense, Protrachyceras steinmanni, Protrachyceras wahrmani, Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) ralphuanum, Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) springeri, Trachyceras (Protrachyceras) storrsi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Longchang, Zhenfeng, which is in a Longobardian marine horizon in the Falang Formation of China

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Longchang, Zhenfeng

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