Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Alternative combination: Paralegoceras tschernyschewi
Belongs to Metalegoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Ruzhentsev 1956
Sister taxa: Metalegoceras (Artimetalegoceras), Metalegoceras (Metalegoceras), Metalegoceras ajdaralense, 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 wanneri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 48.3
Distribution:
• Permian of Kazakhstan (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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