Epitainoceras lutense Korn and Hairapetian 2025 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Full reference: D. Korn and V. Hairapetian. 2025. Late Permian nautiloids from Baghuk Mountain (Central Iran). European Journal of Taxonomy 1019:1-76

Belongs to Epitainoceras according to D. Korn and V. Hairapetian 2025

Sister taxon: Epitainoceras dorsoplicatum

Type specimen: MfN MB.C.32136, a shell. Its type locality is Baghuk Mountain, Araxoceras beds float, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate lime mudstone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 73.8

Distribution: found only at Baghuk Mountain, Araxoceras beds float

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