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Tainoceras malsineri

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tainoceras malsineri was named by Prinoth and Posenato (2007). Its type specimen is MNS EM40 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Val d'Anna, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Tainoceras malsineri Prinoth and Posenato p. 144 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-3; text-figs 4C-E,5C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusTainocerasHyatt 1883
speciesmalsineri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Tainoceras malsineri Prinoth and Posenato 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter3105.092.0127.099.018.5

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy Tainoceras malsineri (type locality: 95458)