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Tanchiashanites marginalis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tanchiashanites marginalis was named by Zhao (1954). Its type specimen is IGAS 7136 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. It is the type species of Tanchiashanites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Tanchiashanites marginalis Zhao p. 12 figs. Pl 5, figs 3-7
1977Tanchiashanites marginalis Xu p. 545 figs. Pl 205, fig 5

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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
genusTanchiashanites
speciesmarginalis

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.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China Tanchiashanites marginalis (type locality: 66112)