''Araxoceras'' is an extinct
genus
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of
ceratitid ammonites that lived in the
Late Permian
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* LATE, an acronym which could stand for:
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marine environments of
Iran
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,
South
China and
Japan.
The various species had distinctive, angular-cornered shells.
References
Otoceratina
Permian ammonites
Ceratitida genera
Permian animals of Asia
Fossil taxa described in 1959
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