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 L. Miao et al. 2019
See also Yao et al. 1980 and Zheng 1984
Sister taxa: Tainoceras abukumaense, Tainoceras balestense, Tainoceras carinatum, Tainoceras cavatum, Tainoceras changlingpuense, Tainoceras clydense, Tainoceras comptum, Tainoceras debile, Tainoceras duttoni, Tainoceras gibbosum, Tainoceras hunanense, Tainoceras kitakamiense, Tainoceras lateronodosum, Tainoceras malsineri, Tainoceras mingshanense, Tainoceras murrayi, Tainoceras nebrascense, Tainoceras noetlingi, Tainoceras orientale, Tainoceras rotundatum, Tainoceras schellbachi, Tainoceras sexlineatum, Tainoceras toulai, Tainoceras trautscholdi, Tainoceras trimuense, Tainoceras wyomingense
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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