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Tainoceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Nautiloidea
    Order:  
Nautilida
    Superfamily:  
Tainocerataceae
    Family:  
Tainoceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Tainoceras HYATT, 1883
    Type Species:  
Nautilus quadrangulus MCCHESNEY, 1860, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 298,5. T. clydense Miller & Kemp, L.Perm., USA (Тех.), 5a,b, x0.7 (134).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

N.Am.-Asia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Carb. (Penn.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bashkirian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
323.4
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Trias.
    Ending International Stage:  
Rhaetian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
201.36


Description

Like Metacoceras but with a double row of nodes on venter




References

Hyatt, Alpheus Flower, R. H., \& Kummel, Bernhard, 1883-84, Genera of fossil cephalopods: Boston Soc. Nat. History, Proc., v. 22, Pt. 3, p. 253-272 Flower, R. H., \& Kummel, Bernhard, ; p. 273-338 Flower, R. H., \& Kummel, Bernhard, .


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