Neotainoceras zhaoi Miao et al. 2019 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Full reference: L. Miao, X. Dai, D. Korn, A. Brayard, J. Chen, X. Liu, and H. Song. 2019. A new Changhsingian (Late Permian) nautiloid assemblage from Gujiao, South China. Papers in Palaeontology 7:329-351

Belongs to Neotainoceras according to L. Miao et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Neotainoceras gigantum, Neotainoceras liuchengense, Neotainoceras pachydiscum

Type specimen: YFMCUG 00203, a shell. Its type locality is GJ-7, Gujiao, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Dalong Formation of China.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 75.8

Distribution: found only at GJ-7, Gujiao

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