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Metalegoceras gigas

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
M. ajdaralense (syn. Dodecalegoceras sunidukiensis), M. arcticum, M. aricki, M. australe, M. baylorense, M. bosterense, M. crenatum, M. distale, M. evolutum, M. gerassimovi, M. hudsoni, M. kayi, M. klimovi, M. liratum, M. noinskyi, M. pamiricum, M. platyventrum, M. rotundatum, M. schucherti, M. shangraoense, M. shyndense, M. sogurense, M. spirale, M. striatum, M. sundaicum, M. toumanskayae, M. tschernyschewi, M. wanneri
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMetalegoceratidae
subfamilyMetalegoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusMetalegocerasSchindewolf 1931
speciesgigas

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Indonesia Metalegoceras gigas (61445)