Tapashanites orientalis Xu 1977 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae

Full reference: G. H. Xu. 1977. Cephalopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:537-582

Belongs to Tapashanites according to G. H. Xu 1977

Sister taxa: Tapashanites achurensis, Tapashanites acuticostatus, Tapashanites changxinensis, Tapashanites changxingensis, Tapashanites chaotianensis, Tapashanites compressus, Tapashanites costatus, Tapashanites curvoplicatus, Tapashanites floriformis, Tapashanites honghensis, Tapashanites hunanensis, Tapashanites kwangsiensis, Tapashanites latiumbilicus, Tapashanites latumbilicatus, Tapashanites meishanensis, Tapashanites mingyuexiaensis, Tapashanites robustus, Tapashanites tenuicostatus, Tapashanites yaowalakae, Mingyuexiaceras radiatum, Mingyuexiaceras changxingensis, Mingyuexiaceras changxingense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dapaichong, Guiyang County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dapaichong, Guiyang County

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