Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Nautilus dorsoarmatus, Pleuronautilus dorsoarmatus
Full reference: H. Abich. 1878. Geologische Forschungen in den Kaukasischen Ländern. I Theil. Eine Bergkalkfauna aus der Araxesenge bei Djoulfa in Armenien 1-126
Belongs to Metacoceras according to C. Teichert and B. Kummel 1973
See also Abich 1878, Arthaber 1900 and Shimansky 1965
Sister taxa: Metacoceras altilobatum, Metacoceras artiense, Metacoceras baylorense, Metacoceras bituberculatum, Metacoceras bowmani, Metacoceras carinatum, Metacoceras cheneyi, Metacoceras chittidilense, Metacoceras copei, Metacoceras cornutum, Metacoceras dorashamense, 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
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (2), Iran (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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