Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Full reference: Y. G. Wang and G. L. Chen. 1979. Cephalopoda taxonomic names. Paleontological Atlas of Northwest China, Qinghai Volume 1:3-59

Belongs to Pleuronautilus according to Y. G. Wang and G. L. Chen 1979

Sister taxa: Pleuronautilus alaskensis, Pleuronautilus ambiguus, Pleuronautilus ampezzanus, Pleuronautilus changxingensis, Pleuronautilus chisatoi, Pleuronautilus cooperi, Pleuronautilus cornaliae, Pleuronautilus costalis, Pleuronautilus crassescens, Pleuronautilus distinctus, Pleuronautilus dzhagadzurensis, Pleuronautilus dzhulfensis, Pleuronautilus esinensis, Pleuronautilus furcatus, Pleuronautilus gaudryi, Pleuronautilus gregarius, Pleuronautilus incertus, Pleuronautilus latissimus, Pleuronautilus lepsiusi, Pleuronautilus linchengense, Pleuronautilus loczyi, Pleuronautilus magnicostatus, Pleuronautilus magnus, Pleuronautilus marmolatae, Pleuronautilus megaporus, Pleuronautilus mosis, Pleuronautilus multicostatus, Pleuronautilus mutatus, Pleuronautilus narcissae, Pleuronautilus oenanus, Pleuronautilus ornatus, Pleuronautilus pichleri, Pleuronautilus praecursor, Pleuronautilus ptychoides, Pleuronautilus russkiensis, Pleuronautilus scabiosus, Pleuronautilus seminodosus, Pleuronautilus shumardianus, Pleuronautilus stautei, Pleuronautilus subgemmatus, Pleuronautilus sumatrensis, Pleuronautilus tibeticus, Pleuronautilus trinodosus, Pleuronautilus tschichatscheffi, Pleuronautilus venustus, Pleuronautilus verae, Pleuronautilus yahagiensis, Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis, Huanghoceras warchense

Type specimen: NIGP 33901. Its type locality is Shaliu River west 6861F135b, Gangca County, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Junzihe Formation of China.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shaliu River west 6861F135b, Gangca County

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