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Metalegoceras baylorense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites baylorensis was named by White (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Old Military Crossing, Whiskey Creek, Wichita River, which is in an Artinskian coastal siliciclastic in the Clyde Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Paralegoceras baylorense by Smith (1903); it was recombined as Metalegoceras baylorense by Plummer and Scott (1937), Miller and Parizek (1948), Kues (1995), Leonova (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Goniatites baylorensis White p. 19 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3
1903Paralegoceras baylorense Smith p. 99 figs. Pl 4, figs 9-11
1937Metalegoceras baylorense Plummer and Scott p. 284 figs. Pl 21, figs 8-13
1948Metalegoceras baylorense Miller and Parizek p. 352 figs. Pl 56, figs 1-4
1995Metalegoceras baylorense Kues p. 86 fig. 10.10,10.11,11C
2002Metalegoceras baylorense 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
speciesbaylorense()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height322.717.030.023.06.51
shell diameter361.845.590.057.523.0
shell inflation321.516.031.020.07.77

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 Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Metalegoceras baylorense (39155)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Goniatites baylorensis (type locality: 108766) Metalegoceras baylorense (128587)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (New Mexico) Metalegoceras baylorense (113078)