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Metalegoceras klimovi
Taxonomy
Metalegoceras klimovi was named by Ruzhentsev (1956). Its type specimen is PIN 317/3248 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhil-Tau Hill, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian marine dolomite in the Baigendzhi Formation of Kazakhstan.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Metalegoceras klimovi Ruzhentsev p. 156 figs. Pl 9, figs 1-4; pl 10, figs 1,2 |
| 2002 | Metalegoceras klimovi 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 klimovi Ruzhentsev 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 5 | 9.57 | 4.40 | 31.0 | 8.00 | 11.2 | |
| shell diameter | 5 | 39.5 | 22.5 | 94.0 | 35.5 | 30.0 | |
| shell inflation | 5 | 21.6 | 13.8 | 40.5 | 20.5 | 11.4 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artinskian | Russian Federation | Metalegoceras klimovi (116795 116796) | |
| Artinskian | Kazakhstan | Metalegoceras klimovi (type locality: 102148) | |
| Artinskian | Russian Federation (Orenburg) | Metalegoceras klimovi (116793) |