Retiogastrioceras meitianense 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 Retiogastrioceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Zheng 1984

Sister taxa: Retiogastrioceras compressum, Retiogastrioceras pulchrium

Type specimen: NIGP 64971. Its type locality is Chetou, ACN234, Meitian, Yinzhang County, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Upper Coal Series Formation of China.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 9.20

Distribution: found only at Chetou, ACN234, Meitian, Yinzhang County

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