1990  Etoushanoceras Yang & Xiong: 196.

Type species: Etoushanoceras ergouense Yang & Xiong, 1990, p.196 [OD].

Yang & Xiong, 1990, p.202: Shell moderately large, nearly involute, thinly discoidal or lenticular, with narrow venter,
remarkable keel and subangular ventro-lateral shoulders. Lateral side flat, with three to four spiral ridges. Umbilicus narrow,
shallow, with subangular shoulders and steep walls.

Suture line ceratitic. Ventral lobe wide, short, with wide ventral saddle, two narrow prongs. First lateral lobe long, wide,
with five to eight distinct denticulations at its base; second lateral lobe shorter, narrower than the first one, with four to
five denticulations. Lateral saddles high, with arched tops. Auxiliary series slightly developed.