Tainoceratidae

Tainoceratidae is a family of late Paleozoic and Triassic nautiloids that are a part of the order Nautilida, characterized by large, generally evolute shells with quadrate to rectangular whorl sections. Shells may bear ribs or nodes, or both.

Tainoceratidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
TainoceratoideaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Nautilida
Life habit
nektobenthicPBDB, for Nautilida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Nautilida
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 129 million years on record.

The record covers at least 335.4 Mya to 205.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 342.9 Mya to 201.4 Mya.

Carboniferous — about 63 of 368 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 159 of 368 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 7 of 368 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 55 of 368 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 84 of 368 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 368 occurrences346–341 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences341–336 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences336–331 Mya — about 2 occurrences331–326 Mya — about 12 occurrences326–321 Mya — about 8 occurrences316–311 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences311–306 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences306–302 Mya — about 17 occurrences302–297 Mya — about 22 occurrences297–292 Mya — about 1 occurrence292–287 Mya — about 2 occurrences287–282 Mya — about 4 occurrences282–277 Mya — about 7 occurrences277–272 Mya — about 7 occurrences272–267 Mya — about 6 occurrences267–262 Mya — about 9 occurrences262–257 Mya — about 19 occurrences257–253 Mya — about 81 occurrences253–248 Mya — about 28 occurrences248–243 Mya — about 31 occurrences243–238 Mya — about 24 occurrences238–233 Mya — about 38 occurrences233–228 Mya — about 15 occurrences228–223 Mya — about 7 occurrences223–218 Mya — about 5 occurrences218–213 Mya — about 8 occurrences213–208 Mya — about 7 occurrences208–203 Mya — about 3 occurrences203–199 Mya — about 1 occurrence335.4 Mya205.7 Mya346 Mya199 Mya

368 occurrences of Tainoceratidae on record, most of them in the Permian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

368 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

81 formations

Graham — 33.27°N, 98.11°WGraham — 33.18°N, 98.15°WGraham — 33.17°N, 98.15°WGraham — 33.14°N, 98.21°WGraham — 33.10°N, 98.40°WGraham — 33.14°N, 99.18°WCassian — 46.55°N, 11.93°ECassian — 46.51°N, 11.95°ECassian — 46.57°N, 11.94°EChangxing — 29.92°N, 106.43°EChangxing — 26.70°N, 106.35°EChangxing — 31.08°N, 119.71°EChangxing — 25.72°N, 112.82°EChangxing — 30.99°N, 119.56°EChangxing — 26.14°N, 105.28°EChangxing — 26.03°N, 105.10°EChangxing — 26.24°N, 105.45°EChangxing — 26.20°N, 106.86°EChangxing — 29.49°N, 106.40°EBellerophon — 46.58°N, 11.70°EBellerophon — 46.65°N, 12.20°EBellerophon — 46.66°N, 11.83°EBellerophon — 46.36°N, 11.42°EDalong — 26.03°N, 105.10°EDalong — 24.80°N, 109.44°EDalong — 26.67°N, 106.23°EDalong — 26.54°N, 106.68°EDalong — 26.51°N, 106.87°ELuning — 38.87°N, 117.62°WLuning — 38.50°N, 117.75°WKaibab — 35.20°N, 111.57°WKaibab — 35.10°N, 111.10°WKaibab — 36.15°N, 112.71°WKaibab — 36.20°N, 111.65°WKaibab — 35.16°N, 111.29°WKaibab — 34.98°N, 111.77°WLoping — 27.91°N, 114.45°ELoping — 28.40°N, 115.35°ELoping — 28.10°N, 115.78°EChhidru — 32.47°N, 71.97°EChhidru — 32.44°N, 72.20°EChhidru — 32.53°N, 72.16°EChhidru — 32.55°N, 71.83°EChhidru — 32.40°N, 72.10°EFayetteville — 36.07°N, 94.17°WFayetteville — 35.88°N, 92.61°WFayetteville — 36.13°N, 94.09°WFayetteville — 35.79°N, 93.26°WFayetteville — 35.99°N, 94.30°WFayetteville — 36.05°N, 92.79°WFayetteville — 35.94°N, 94.20°WTrochitenkalk — 51.63°N, 9.03°ETrochitenkalk — 51.66°N, 9.06°ETrochitenkalk — 50.76°N, 9.81°ETrochitenkalk — 50.95°N, 11.25°EMoenkopi — 37.10°N, 113.25°WMoenkopi — 37.05°N, 113.27°WJulfa — 38.94°N, 45.51°EJulfa — 38.73°N, 45.58°EJulfa — 39.01°N, 45.43°EAli Bashi — 38.94°N, 45.52°EAli Bashi — 39.01°N, 45.43°EAli Bashi — 38.73°N, 45.58°ELongtan — 30.99°N, 119.56°ELongtan — 31.07°N, 119.62°ELongtan — 31.00°N, 119.50°ELongtan — 26.50°N, 105.58°EYuat — 5.01°S, 143.98°EPrida — 40.27°N, 118.09°WPrida — 40.47°N, 118.13°WHalstatt — 47.65°N, 13.70°EHalstatt — 47.62°N, 14.75°EHalstatt — 47.60°N, 13.88°EZuhánya — 46.13°N, 18.02°EMattoon — 39.12°N, 88.57°WMattoon — 39.18°N, 88.60°WKhuff — 24.59°N, 44.85°EKhuff — 26.12°N, 44.04°EKhuff — 24.73°N, 44.82°EHambast — 30.89°N, 53.22°EHambast — 31.57°N, 52.44°EPeschanka — 43.25°N, 131.72°EPeschanka — 43.30°N, 132.05°EPeschanka — 43.32°N, 131.83°EOchiai — 38.98°N, 141.53°E

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The named rock units Tainoceratidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 57 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 99 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Tainoceratidae and its relatives

Permian

Where Tainoceratidae and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

2,492 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 301 sites for Tainoceratidae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

111 references

Each of the 368 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 99 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Tainoceratidae

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Hectonichus
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No 3D scan of Tainoceratidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itTainoceratoidea through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Hyatt 1883