Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Synonyms: Gyroceratidae von Mojsisovics 1882, Gyroceratinae von Mojsisovics 1882
Parent taxon: Tainoceratoidea according to D. Korn 2025
See also Chirat 2006, Niko and Mapes 2016, Teichert et al. 1964, von Mojsisovics 1882 and von Mojsisovics 1896
Sister taxon: Tetragonoceratidae
Subtaxa: Aulagonoceras Aulametacoceras Clavinautilus Corotainoceras Epitainoceras Eulomacoceras Germanonautilus Gujiaonautilus Hefengnautilus Hexagonites Hunanoceras Lirometacoceras Meixianlingites Neoclavinautilus Neotainoceras Nodonautilus Nodopleuroceras Paratainoceras Paratainonautilus Seironautilus Siamnautilus Tainionautilus Tainoceras Tirolonautilus Tylonautilus
Type: Tainoceras
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (5 collections), China (1), Egypt (1), Germany (11), Hungary (7), India (2), Israel (6), Italy (15), Pakistan (2), Papua New Guinea (4), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (38), Slovakia (1), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), United States (24: Alaska, Nevada, Utah, nevada)
• Permian of Azerbaijan (6), China (52), Iran (13), Italy (11), Japan (8), Malaysia (1), Pakistan (13), Saudi Arabia (3), Thailand (1), United States (16: Arizona, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (5), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (44: Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 309 collections including 368 occurrences