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Metalegoceras shangraoense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metalegoceras shangraoense was named by Zhao and Zheng (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 44600, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Caijiawan, Pengjia Mb, Shangrao County, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Hutang Formation of China.

It was recombined as Pseudometalegoceras shangraoense by Leonova (2002), Boiko et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Metalegoceras shangraoense Zhao and Zheng p. 241 figs. Pl 5, figs 3,4; text-fig 14a
2002Pseudometalegoceras shangraoense Leonova
2008Pseudometalegoceras shangraoense Boiko et al. p. 592 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
2009Metalegoceras shangraoense Furnish et al. p. 176

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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
speciesshangraoense

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.

Metalegoceras shangraoense Zhao and Zheng 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jiangxi) Metalegoceras shangraoense (type locality: 87350)