ammonites
Hanielites gracilus Brayard and Bucher 2008 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae

Full reference: A. Brayard and H. Bucher. 2008. Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from northwestern Guangxi (South China): taxonomy and biochronology. Fossils and Strata 55:1-179

Belongs to Hanielites according to A. Brayard and H. Bucher 2008

Sister taxa: Hanielites angulus, Hanielites carinatitabulatus, Hanielites elegans

Type specimen: PIMUZ 25834. Its type locality is Jinya Section Jin45, which is in a Smithian slope lime mudstone in China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 9.24, shell diameter 29.0