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Paratainonautilus dushanensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paratainonautilus dushanensis was named by Zhao et al. (1978). Its type specimen is NIGP 14788 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tuzishan, Dushanzhen, Guangde County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China. It is the type species of Paratainonautilus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Paratainonautilus dushanensis Zhao et al. p. 69 figs. Pl 31, figs 4,5; text-fig 12

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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
genusParatainonautilus
speciesdushanensis

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.

†Paratainonautilus dushanensis Zhao et al. 1978
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Diagnosis
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