Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae
Full reference: D. Korn and A. Ghaderi. 2025. Late Permian nautiloids from Julfa (NW Iran). European Journal of Taxonomy 1018:1-113
Belongs to Serometacoceras according to D. Korn and A. Ghaderi 2025
Sister taxa: Serometacoceras arasense, Serometacoceras cingulum, Serometacoceras costale, Serometacoceras dorashamense, Serometacoceras dorsoarmatum, Serometacoceras dzhagadzurense, Serometacoceras incertum, Serometacoceras parvituberculatum, Serometacoceras pentagonum, Serometacoceras tuberculare, Serometacoceras verae
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.32051, a shell. Its type locality is Aras Valley, Araxoceras beds, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Julfa Formation of Iran.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 40.6
Distribution:
• Permian of Iran (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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