Tapashanitidae

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Tapashanitidae
Temporal range: Lopingian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Superfamily: Xenodiscoidea
Family: Tapashanitidae
Zhao, 1978
Genera

Tapashanitidae is an extinct family of cephalopods belonging to the Ammonite subclass in the order Ceratitida.

Related Research Articles

Tapashanites is a genus of ammonites in the family Tapashanitidae of the order Ceratitida. The genus is used as an index fossil for the Changhsingian stage of the Late Permian because its first appearance is only 42 cm (17 in) above the base of the Changhsingian

References

  1. "Tapashanitidae". Mindat.org .