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Neotainoceras

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Neotainoceras Zhao et al. p. 64
2019Neotainoceras Miao et al.

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

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.

G. †Neotainoceras Zhao et al. 1978
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Neotainoceras gigantum Zheng 1984
Neotainoceras liuchengense Zhao et al. 1978
Neotainoceras pachydiscum Zhao et al. 1978
Neotainoceras zhaoi Miao et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height337.232.245.035.66.63
shell diameter381.272.093.379.810.8
shell inflation323.421.225.024.32.02

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) N. pachydiscum (121649)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) N. sp. (112010) N. sp., N. liuchengense, N. gigantum (112085)
Changhsingian (interglacial)254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) N. sp., N. zhaoi (218367)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) N. liuchengense (121676)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) N. xindianziense (149084)