Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Synonyms: Gyroceratidae von Mojsisovics 1882, Gyroceratinae von Mojsisovics 1882
Parent taxon: Trigonoceratoidea according to S. Niko and R. H. Mapes 2016
See also Chirat 2006, Teichert et al. 1964, von Mojsisovics 1882 and von Mojsisovics 1896
Sister taxa: Grypoceratidae, Permoceratidae, Trigonoceratidae
Subtaxa: Anoploceras Anthodiscoceras Araxonautilus Arctonautilus Aulametacoceras Clavinautilus Cooperoceras Encoiloceras Enoploceras Eulomacoceras Foordiceras Germanonautilus Grumantoceras Gujiaonautilus Hefengnautilus Hexagonites Holconautilus Lichuanoceras Lirometacoceras Meixianlingites Metacoceras Mojsvaroceras Neoclavinautilus Neotainoceras Nodonautilus Nodopleuroceras Paratainoceras Paratainonautilus Phaedrysmocheilus Phloioceras Pleuronautilus Pseudometacoceras Pseudotemnocheilus Seironautilus Siamnautilus Sibyllonautilus Sinotitanoceras Tainionautilus Tainoceras Tanchiashanites Tirolonautilus Trachynautilus Tylonautilus
Type: Tainoceras
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Afghanistan (1 collection), Austria (20), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (2), Egypt (1), Germany (12), Hungary (19), India (6), Indonesia (1), Israel (7), Italy (20), Jordan (1), Kazakhstan (3), Malaysia (1), Nepal (1), Pakistan (2), Papua New Guinea (4), Poland (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (136), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (6), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), United States (42: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, nevada)
• Permian of Armenia (8), Australia (1), Azerbaijan (15), China (58), Indonesia (2), Iran (11), Italy (12), Japan (11), Kazakhstan (3), Malaysia (2), Mexico (1), Pakistan (28), the Russian Federation (11), Saudi Arabia (3), Tajikistan (4), Thailand (1), Ukraine (1), United States (46: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (10), United States (66: Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah)
Total: 607 collections including 815 occurrences