Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae
Full reference: J. K. Zhao, X. L. Liang, and Z. G. Zheng. 1978. Late Permian cephalopods of south China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series B 154(12):1-194
Belongs to Tapashanites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Wang 1990 and Zhao et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Tapashanites achurensis, Tapashanites acuticostatus, Tapashanites changxinensis, Tapashanites changxingensis, Tapashanites compressus, Tapashanites costatus, Tapashanites curvoplicatus, Tapashanites floriformis, Tapashanites honghensis, Tapashanites hunanensis, Tapashanites kwangsiensis, Tapashanites latiumbilicus, Tapashanites latumbilicatus, Tapashanites meishanensis, Tapashanites mingyuexiaensis, Tapashanites orientalis, Tapashanites robustus, Tapashanites tenuicostatus, Tapashanites yaowalakae, Mingyuexiaceras changxingense, Mingyuexiaceras changxingensis, Mingyuexiaceras radiatum
Type specimen: NIGP 14860. Its type locality is Mingyuexia, north limb of anticline, Mingyuexia Mb, Chaotian, Guangyuan County, which is in a Changhsingian deep-water mudstone in the Dalong Formation of China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 49.9
Distribution:
• Permian of China (11 collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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