Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Belongs to Metacoceras according to V. E. Ruzhentsev and V. N. Shimanskiy 1954
Sister taxa: Metacoceras altilobatum, Metacoceras baylorense, Metacoceras bituberculatum, Metacoceras bowmani, Metacoceras carinatum, Metacoceras cheneyi, Metacoceras chittidilense, Metacoceras copei, Metacoceras cornutum, Metacoceras dorashamense, Metacoceras dorsoarmatum, Metacoceras dubium, Metacoceras hayi, Metacoceras hunanense, Metacoceras inconspicuum, Metacoceras knighti, Metacoceras kruglovi, Metacoceras medlicottianum, Metacoceras orthogonium, Metacoceras parartiense, Metacoceras sangamonense, Metacoceras subpiszovi, Metacoceras subquadratum, Metacoceras sulciferum, Metacoceras unklesbayi, Metacoceras vagans
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 57.1
Distribution: found only at Zhil-Tau Hill, Aktyubinsk Region (Permian of Kazakhstan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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