Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae

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 Jinyaceras according to T. Brühwiler and H. Bucher 2012

Sister taxon: Jinyaceras hindostanum

Type specimen: PIMUZ 25894. Its type locality is Jinya Section Jin28, which is in a Smithian slope lime mudstone in China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell width 7.49, shell diameter 15.9