Tapashanites

{{Short description|Extinct genus of ammonoids}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Changhsingian}}

| taxon= Tapashanites

| authority = Zhao & Liang, 1965

}}

Tapashanites is a genus of ammonites in the family Tapashanitidae of the order Ceratitida.{{cite web |title=Genus Tapashanites |url=https://goniat.org/showTax.html?TaxId=tax00000000000000000000000005114 |website=GONIAT.org}}{{cite web |title=Tapashantites |url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4622804.html |website=www.Mindat.org}}{{cite web |title=Tapashantites |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14420 |website=Palaeobiology database}} The genus is used as an index fossil for the Changhsingian stage of the Late Permian because its first appearance is only {{cvt|42|cm}} above the base of the Changhsingian (FAD of Clarkina wangi){{cite web |last1=Jin |first1=Yugan |last2=Wang |first2=Yue |last3=Henderson |first3=Charles |last4=Wardlaw |first4=Bruce W. |last5=Shen |first5=Shuzhong |last6=Cao |first6=Changqun |title=The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of Changhsingian Stage (Upper Permian) |url=https://timescalefoundation.org/references/Changhsingian.pdf}}