Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Alternative combination: Tainoceras guizhouensis
Full reference: Z. G. Zheng. 1984. Late Permian nautiloids from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23:239-252
Belongs to Tainoceras according to D. Korn and A. Ghaderi 2025
See also Miao et al. 2019, Yao et al. 1980 and Zheng 1984
Sister taxa: Tainoceras abukumaense, Tainoceras admonens, Tainoceras balestense, Tainoceras bukkense, Tainoceras carinatum, Tainoceras cavatum, Tainoceras changlingpuense, Tainoceras clydense, Tainoceras collinsi, Tainoceras comptum, Tainoceras crassicostatum, Tainoceras debile, Tainoceras duttoni, Tainoceras gibbosum, Tainoceras hunanense, Tainoceras hystatum, Tainoceras kitakamiense, Tainoceras latecostatum, Tainoceras lateronodosum, Tainoceras luxaeterna, Tainoceras malsineri, Tainoceras marylandicum, Tainoceras mingshanense, Tainoceras monilifer, Tainoceras murrayi, Tainoceras nebrascense, Tainoceras nodocarinatum, Tainoceras noetlingi, Tainoceras occidentale, Tainoceras orientale, Tainoceras quadrangulum, Tainoceras rotundatum, Tainoceras schellbachi, Tainoceras sexlineatum, Tainoceras toulai, Tainoceras trautscholdi, Tainoceras trimuense, Tainoceras unitum, Tainoceras unklesbayi, Tainoceras vashutinense, Tainoceras wyomingense, Tainoceras zmajevatense
Type specimen: NIGP 34365. Its type locality is Heilajia Section HP37-6, Langdai County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 77.3
Distribution:
• Permian of China (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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