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Meixianlingites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4624170https://www.gbif.org/species/4624170
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)266608https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=266608
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Tainoceratidae : Meixianlingites
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusMeixianlingitesQin 1986
Scientific NameMeixianlingites Qin, 1986
Name Published InActa Palaeont. Sin. 25 (3)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Meixianlingitesgenusbelongs to Tainoceratidaestated with evidenceQin, 1986
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 254 Ma
Permian
Motilityactively mobile (based on Nautilida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Nautilida)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Nautilida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Z. S. Qin. 1986. New material of early Late Permian cephalopods in Fengcheng-Gaoan area, Jiangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25:272-283

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Meixianlingites capricornis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1260 Ma
Permian
260 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1986Meixianlingites Qin p. 276

References

Qin Z. S. (1986) New material of early Late Permian cephalopods in Fengcheng-Gaoan area, Jiangxi, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 25, 272-283
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Acta Palaeont. Sin. 25 (3) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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