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Tainoceras clydense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tainoceras clydense was named by Miller and Kemp (1947). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Old Military Crossing, Whiskey Creek, Wichita River, which is in an Artinskian coastal siliciclastic in the Clyde Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Tainoceras clydense Miller and Kemp p. 352
1949Tainoceras clydense Miller and Youngquist p. 84 figs. Pl 29, figs 1-4; pl 55, figs 12-14

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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
genusTainocerasHyatt 1883
speciesclydense

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 clydense Miller and Kemp 1947
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Nautilus occidentalis, Nautilus sp. (type locality: 108766)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Tainoceras clydense (113427)