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Metacoceras orthogonium

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metacoceras orthogonium was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 626/59 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Belgushka River, 1.5 km N of Bogoslovka, which is in an Artinskian marine lime mudstone in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dorashamensis, M. marylandica, M. quadratum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Metacoceras orthogonium Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 64 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusMetacocerasHyatt 1883
speciesorthogonium

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Metacoceras orthogonium Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Diagnosis
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