Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Tainoceras changlingpuense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tainoceras changlingpuense was named by Zhao (1954). Its type specimen is IGAS 7123 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Changlingpu, Tanchiashan, Xiangtan County (Chao coll), which is in a Kungurian coastal mudstone in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Tainoceras changlingpuense Zhao p. 8 figs. Pl 3, figs 5-8
1977Tainoceras changlingpuense Xu p. 544 figs. Pl 205, fig 3

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
specieschanglingpuense

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.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter124.0

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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China Tainoceras changlingpuense (type locality: 66112)