Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Alternative combination: Foordiceras praecursor
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651
Belongs to Pleuronautilus according to V. N. Shimanskiy 1967
See also Girty 1908 and Miller and Youngquist 1949
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 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 yahagiensis, Pleuronautilus zhongyingensis, Huanghoceras warchense
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 31.6
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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