Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Tangchiashanites
Full reference: J. K. Zhao. 1954. Permian cephalopods from Tanchiashan, Hunan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 2:1-58
Parent taxon: Metacoceratidae according to D. Korn 2025
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Anthodiscoceras, Cooperoceras, Huanghoceras, Lichuanoceras, Mahoningoceras, Metacoceras, Mojsvaroceras, Pseudofoordiceras, Pseudotemnocheilus, Serometacoceras, Shansinautilus, Sinotitanoceras
Subtaxa: Tanchiashanites marginalis
Type: Tanchiashanites marginalis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Changlingpu, Tanchiashan, Xiangtan County (Chao coll) (Permian of China)
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