Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Full reference: G. H. Xu. 1977. Cephalopoda. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:537-582

Belongs to Metacoceras according to G. H. Xu 1977

Sister taxa: Metacoceras altilobatum, Metacoceras artiense, Metacoceras baylorense, Metacoceras bituberculatum, Metacoceras bowmani, Metacoceras cheneyi, Metacoceras chittidilense, Metacoceras copei, Metacoceras dorashamense, Metacoceras dorsoarmatum, Metacoceras dubium, Metacoceras hayi, Metacoceras inconspicuum, Metacoceras knighti, Metacoceras kruglovi, Metacoceras medlicottianum, Metacoceras orthogonium, Metacoceras parartiense, Metacoceras subpiszovi, Metacoceras subquadratum, Metacoceras sulciferum, Metacoceras unklesbayi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xinwuchang, Guiyang County, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore