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Tainoceras wyomingense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Tainoceras wyomingense was named by Miller and Thomas (1936). Its type specimen is SUI 1159-63 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gilmore Canyon, Stenopoceras beds, 8 miles SE of Laramie, which is in an Asselian marine limestone in the Casper Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Tainoceras wyomingense Miller and Thomas p. 732 figs. Pl 96, fig 13; pl 97, fig 6; pl 98, figs 3,4
1949Tainoceras wyomingense Miller and Youngquist p. 92 figs. Pl 7, fig 7; pl 25, figs 3,4; pl 47, fig 6

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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
specieswyomingense

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 wyomingense Miller and Thomas 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell diameter121.4

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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Wyoming) Tainoceras wyomingense (type locality: 113082)