Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Full reference: H. Prinoth and R. Posenato. 2007. Late Permian nautiloids from the Bellerophon Formation of the Dolomites (Italy). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 282:135-165
Belongs to Tainoceras according to H. Prinoth and R. Posenato 2007
Sister taxa: Tainoceras abukumaense, Tainoceras carinatum, Tainoceras cavatum, Tainoceras changlingpuense, Tainoceras clydense, Tainoceras comptum, Tainoceras debile, Tainoceras duttoni, Tainoceras gibbosum, Tainoceras guizhouense, Tainoceras hunanense, Tainoceras kitakamiense, Tainoceras lateronodosum, Tainoceras malsineri, Tainoceras mingshanense, Tainoceras murrayi, Tainoceras nebrascense, Tainoceras noetlingi, Tainoceras orientale, Tainoceras rotundatum, Tainoceras schellbachi, Tainoceras sexlineatum, Tainoceras toulai, Tainoceras trautscholdi, Tainoceras trimuense, Tainoceras wyomingense
Type specimen: MNS-HP32. Its type locality is Gran Roa, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 94.1
Distribution:
• Permian of Italy (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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