Tylonautilus qinglongensis Zheng 1984 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Full reference: Z. G. Zheng. 1984. Late Permian nautiloids from western Guizhou. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 23:239-252

Belongs to Tylonautilus according to Z. G. Zheng 1984

Sister taxa: Tylonautilus gratiosus, Tylonautilus mergus, Tylonautilus permicus

Type specimen: NIGP 34377. Its type locality is Zhongying Section Bed 26 (QZ-8), Qinglong County, which is in a Changhsingian coastal siltstone/sandstone in China.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 51.9

Distribution: found only at Zhongying Section Bed 26 (QZ-8), Qinglong County

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