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Tauroceras xizangense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae

Taxonomy
Popanoceras xizangense was named by Sheng and Liu (1983). Its type specimen is P3016 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiala Pass, Sage County, Locality I892003, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Jiala Formation of China.

It was recombined as Tauroceras xizangense by Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Popanoceras xizangense Sheng and Liu p. 247 figs. Pl 20, figs 17,18; text-fig 10
2002Tauroceras xizangense Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPopanoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyPopanoceratidaeHyatt 1900
genusTaurocerasSchindewolf 1939
speciesxizangense()

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.

†Tauroceras xizangense Sheng and Liu 1983
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Diagnosis
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