Altudoceras hunanense Xu 1977 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Paragastrioceratidae

Alternative combination: Hengshanites hunanensis

Full reference: G. H. Xu. 1977. Cephalopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:537-582

Belongs to Altudoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Xu 1977 and Zhou 1985

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Shanghulong, Hengshan County, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Dangchong Formation of China

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shanghulong, Hengshan County

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