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Tainoceras debile

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tainoceras debile was named by Reed (1944). Its type specimen is GSI 17236 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jabbi gorge, N of pt 976, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Tainoceras debile Reed p. 354 figs. Pl 61, fig 3

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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
speciesdebile

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 debile Reed 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter187.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Tainoceras debile (type locality: 127013)