Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Alternative combination: Asianites ajdaralensis
Synonym: Dodecalegoceras sunidukiensis Voinova 1934
Belongs to Metalegoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Ruzhentsev 1956
Sister taxa: Metalegoceras (Artimetalegoceras), Metalegoceras (Metalegoceras), Metalegoceras arcticum, Metalegoceras aricki, Metalegoceras australe, Metalegoceras baylorense, Metalegoceras bosterense, Metalegoceras crenatum, Metalegoceras distale, Metalegoceras evolutum, Metalegoceras gerassimovi, Metalegoceras hudsoni, Metalegoceras kayi, Metalegoceras klimovi, Metalegoceras liratum, Metalegoceras noinskyi, Metalegoceras pamiricum, Metalegoceras platyventrum, Metalegoceras rotundatum, Metalegoceras schucherti, Metalegoceras shangraoense, Metalegoceras shyndense, Metalegoceras sogurense, Metalegoceras spirale, Metalegoceras striatum, Metalegoceras sundaicum, Metalegoceras toumanskayae, Metalegoceras tschernyschewi, Metalegoceras wanneri
Type specimens:
- Metalegoceras ajdaralense: Its type locality is Tas-Kabak ravine, Aidaralash Creek, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in Kazakhstan
- Dodecalegoceras sunidukiensis:
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 36.9
Distribution:
• Permian of Kazakhstan (4 collections), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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