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Neotainoceras pachydiscum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Neotainoceras pachydiscum was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14797 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan Section, Meishan Mb Bed 6, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China. It is the type species of Neotainoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Neotainoceras pachydiscum Zhao et al. p. 64 figs. Pl 31, figs 9,10; text-fig 6

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

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.

Neotainoceras pachydiscum Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height145.0
shell diameter193.3
shell inflation125.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

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 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Neotainoceras pachydiscum (type locality: 121649)