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Tainoceras toulai

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronautilus toulai was named by Gemmellaro (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rupe del Passo di Burgio, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Tainoceras toulai by Miller and Youngquist (1949), Korn and Ghaderi (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Pleuronautilus toulai Gemmellaro p. 98 figs. Pl 11, figs 18,19
1949Tainoceras toulai Miller and Youngquist
2025Tainoceras toulai Korn and Ghaderi p. 65

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

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 toulai Gemmellaro 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Pleuronautilus toulai (type locality: 108567)