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Metalegoceras crenatum
Taxonomy
Metalegoceras crenatum was named by Nassichuk et al. (1965). Its type specimen is GSC 18786 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 53860, Section 116P-10, Richardson Mountains , which is in a Sakmarian marine siltstone in Canada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1965 | Metalegoceras crenatum Nassichuk et al. p. 27 figs. Pl 5, fig 1; text-fig 5 |
| 1985 | Metalegoceras crenatum Andrianov p. 130 figs. Pl 2, fig 3; text-fig 39 |
| 2002 | Metalegoceras crenatum Leonova |
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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 crenatum Nassichuk et al. 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 165.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 400.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sakmarian | Canada (Yukon) | Metalegoceras crenatum (type locality: 115714) | |
| Sakmarian | Russian Federation | Metalegoceras crenatum (103647) | |
| Artinskian | Canada (Nunavut) | Metalegoceras crenatum (111866) |