Altudoceras jiaheense Zheng 1984 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Paragastrioceratidae

Full reference: Z. G. Zheng. 1984. Some Permian ammonoids from Hunan and northern Guangdong. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23:185-195

Belongs to Altudoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zheng 1984

Sister taxa: Altudoceras altudense, Altudoceras boreum, Altudoceras cooperi, Altudoceras guanshanense, Altudoceras hefengense, Altudoceras hirsutum, Altudoceras hunanense, Altudoceras jianshiense, Altudoceras lijiaense, Altudoceras mckeei, Altudoceras orientale, Altudoceras qiaoxiaense, Altudoceras roemeri, Altudoceras serratum, Altudoceras sosioense, Altudoceras waageni, Altudoceras zitteli

Type specimen: NIGP 64970. Its type locality is Yuanjia, Upper Douling Fm, Jiahe County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine mudstone in the Douling Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 11.4

Distribution: found only at Yuanjia, Upper Douling Fm, Jiahe County

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