Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Full reference: T. B. Leonova. 1989. Taxonomic names, in Rannepermskie ammonoidei Yugo-Vostochnogo Pamira. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 235:1-198
Belongs to Eolegoceras according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Leonova 1989 and Leonova 1992
Sister taxa: Bransonoceras bakeri, Bransonoceras costatum, Bransonoceras longyinense
Type specimen: PIN 3591/284, a shell. Its type locality is Kur-Istyk River, Kochusu suite, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kochusu Formation of Tajikistan.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Tajikistan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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