Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae
Full reference: D. Korn and V. Hairapetian. 2025. Late Permian nautiloids from Baghuk Mountain (Central Iran). European Journal of Taxonomy 1019:1-76
Belongs to Serometacoceras according to D. Korn and V. Hairapetian 2025
Sister taxa: Serometacoceras arasense, Serometacoceras cingulum, Serometacoceras costale, Serometacoceras dorashamense, Serometacoceras dorsoarmatum, Serometacoceras dzhagadzurense, Serometacoceras incertum, Serometacoceras inflatum, Serometacoceras parvituberculatum, Serometacoceras tuberculare, Serometacoceras verae
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.32122, a shell. Its type locality is Baghuk Mountain, Araxoceras beds float, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate lime mudstone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 38.1
Distribution: found only at Baghuk Mountain, Araxoceras beds float
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