Paratainoceras meixianlingense Qin 1986 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Full reference: Z. S. Qin. 1986. New material of early Late Permian cephalopods in Fengcheng-Gaoan area, Jiangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25:272-283

Belongs to Paratainoceras according to Z. S. Qin 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Geological Bureau of Jiangxi Mei49. Its type locality is Meixianling, Laoshan Mb, Fengcheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Loping Formation of China.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 118.0

Distribution: found only at Meixianling, Laoshan Mb, Fengcheng County

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