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Metacoceras

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Metacoceras Hyatt
1901Temnocheilus (Metacoceras) Fliegel p. 119
1964Metacoceras Teichert et al. p. 414
1967Metacoceras Shimanskiy p. 89
2002Metacoceras Sepkoski
2016Metacoceras Niko and Mapes p. 73

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

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.

G. †Metacoceras Hyatt 1883
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Metacoceras altilobatum Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Metacoceras artiense Kruglov 1928
Metacoceras baylorense Miller and Youngquist 1949
Metacoceras bituberculatum Miller and Youngquist 1949
Metacoceras bowmani Miller and Breed 1964
Metacoceras carinatum Girty 1933
Metacoceras cheneyi Miller and Youngquist 1947
Metacoceras copei Tucker 1976
Metacoceras cornutum Girty 1911
Metacoceras dorashamense Shimansky 1965
Metacoceras dubium Hyatt 1891
Metacoceras hayi Hyatt 1891
Metacoceras knighti Miller and Thomas 1936
Metacoceras kruglovi Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Metacoceras orthogonium Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Metacoceras parartiense Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Metacoceras sangamonense Meek and Worthen 1860
Metacoceras subpiszovi Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Metacoceras subquadratum Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
Metacoceras sulciferum Miller and Thomas 1936
Metacoceras unklesbayi Miller and Youngquist 1949
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Invalid names: Metacoceras biseriatum Miller and Unklesbay 1942 [replaced]
Metacoceras vagans Miller and Owen 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3224.38.7096.023.818.4
shell diameter3256.311.4290.057.549.8
shell inflation3218.89.0047.519.29.71

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Kinderscoutian to the top of the Changhsingian or 321.80000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (104 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) M. sp. (43417 43420)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Ukraine M. perelegans (228670) M. sp. (228674)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Ohio) M. mcchesneyi (211421)
Kinderscoutian321.8 - 321.3United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (8267)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (41223 41225)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (162355)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) M. sp. (195795)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Arkansas) M. sp. (158010)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine M. sp. (166829)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) M. sp. (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) M. sangamonensis (184081)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) M. sp. (70382)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) M. sinuosum, M. cornutum (91530) M. sp. (8639)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) M. sp. (216619)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) M. sp. (177750) M. vagans (170338)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Temnocheilus winslowi (184105)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) M. sangamonensis (237801)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) M. sangamonensis (237767 237795)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Utah) M. sp. (39922)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) M. marylandica (118827)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) M. sp. (10005 146819 146828)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) M. cornutum (217897 217901 217906 217908 217932 217977 217979 217992 218010 218014 218017 218022 218027) M. quadratum (220414 225019) M. quadratum, M. cornutum (217893 217905)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) M. sp., M. copei (50219)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) M. sp. (12188 12441)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Wyoming) M. sp., M. knighti, M. sulciferum (113082)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Texas) M. sp. (75646)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) M. sp. (10650)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) M. parartiense, M. kruglovi (217205)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation M. kruglovi, M. orthogonium, M. altilobatum (116795) M. parartiense (116794 116797) M. parartiense, M. kruglovi, M. orthogonium (116796)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nebraska) M. sp. (82796)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) M. cheneyi (90007)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Utah) M. sp. (10651)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan M. parartiense (116788 116791) M. subpiszovi, M. artiense, M. parartiense, M. orthogonium, M. subquadratum (102148)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) M. baylorense (113427) M. inconspicuum (90740 90745 90747) M. sp. (43492 113421)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) M. biseriatum (83179) M. unklesbayi (89627)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Arizona) M. bowmani (86148) M. sp. (52898)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Nevada) M. sp. (10443 10444 10472 10647 38827)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51Mexico (Guerrero) M. sp. (232715)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) M. biseriatum (113085) M. sp. (80924)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation M. sp. (109483)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) Nautilus tuberosus (121984)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan M. sp. (125807)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran (Tehran) M. sp. (43294)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Gyroceras medlicottianum (126277)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Gyroceras medlicottianum (119527) Gyroceras medlicottianum, M. chittidilense (126264) M. chittidilense (126008)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) M. sp. (112103)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Armenia M. dorsoarmatum (110773)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Azerbaijan M. dorashamense (110595 113611) M. dorsoarmatum (94948) Nautilus dorsoarmatus (232366)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Jiangxi) M. sp. (101627)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran M. dorashamense (63892) M. dorashamense, M. dorsoarmatum (119043)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran M. dorashamensis (63893) M. sp. (119081)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Hunan) M. hunanense (124023)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) M. sp. (121646)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan M. sp. (110953 126934)