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Metalegoceras sogurense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Asianites sogurensis was named by Ruzhentsev (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sogur-Say River, Tabantal basin, Aktyubinsk region, which is in an Artinskian marine conglomerate in the Baigendzhin Formation of Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Metalegoceras sogurense by Ruzhentsev (1956) and Leonova (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Asianites sogurensis Ruzhentsev p. 167 figs. Pl 4, figs 5-8
1956Metalegoceras sogurense Ruzhentsev p. 130
2002Metalegoceras sogurense 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
speciessogurense(Ruzhentsev 1933)

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 sogurense Ruzhentsev 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height129.223.7026.69.505.81
shell diameter1232.617.088.032.618.5
shell inflation1216.510.042.615.98.83

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation Metalegoceras sogurense (116796 117788)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan Metalegoceras sogurense (102148 116791 116792)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation (Orenburg) Metalegoceras sogurense (116793)