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Metalegoceras schucherti

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metalegoceras schucherti was named by Miller and Furnish (1940). Its type specimen is SUI 2023 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dugout Mountain, small hill 1 miles NE of crest, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Metalegoceras schucherti Miller and Furnish
2002Metalegoceras schucherti Leonova

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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
speciesschucherti

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 schucherti Miller and Furnish 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter217.010.926.418.711.0

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Metalegoceras schucherti (43564 type locality: 97275)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Metalegoceras schucherti (113200 113229)