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Tainoceras mingshanense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus mingshanensis was named by Kayser (1883). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mingshan Coalfield, Loping Area, which is in a Lopingian carbonate limestone in China.

It was recombined as Tainoceras mingshanense by Frech (1911).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Nautilus mingshanensis Kayser p. 164 figs. Pl 19, fig 1
1911Tainoceras mingshanense Frech p. 107 figs. Pl 16, 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
speciesmingshanense()

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 mingshanense Kayser 1883
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Diagnosis
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