Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Full reference: M. Ehiro. 1995. Cephalopod fauna of the Nakadaira Formation (Lower Permian) in the southern Kitakami Massif, northeast Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 179:184-192
Belongs to Pleuronautilus according to M. Ehiro 1995
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 qinghaianus, 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 zhongyingensis, Huanghoceras warchense
Type specimen: IGPS 102684. Its type locality is Nakadaira, Yahagi town, Rikuzen-Takata City, Iwate Prefecture, which is in a Sakmarian marine shale in the Nakadaira Formation of Japan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 95.0
Distribution: found only at Nakadaira, Yahagi town, Rikuzen-Takata City, Iwate Prefecture
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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