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Metalegoceras ajdaralense

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Asianites ajdaralensis was named by Ruzhentsev (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tas-Kabak ravine, Aidaralash Creek, which is in an Artinskian marine sandstone in Kazakhstan.

It was recombined as Metalegoceras ajdaralense by Ruzhentsev (1956), Leonova (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. gigas, M. pamiricum, M. sogurense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Asianites ajdaralensis Ruzhentsev p. 168 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,4
1934Dodecalegoceras sunidukiensis Voinova p. 19 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,2,5,6
1956Metalegoceras ajdaralense Ruzhentsev p. 138 figs. Pl 10, figs 3-5
2002Metalegoceras ajdaralense 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
speciesajdaralense(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 ajdaralense Ruzhentsev 1933
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Invalid names: Dodecalegoceras sunidukiensis Voinova 1934 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height313.15.7027.014.510.7
shell diameter336.916.873.041.028.2
shell inflation314.87.3028.016.010.4

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan (Aqtobe) Metalegoceras ajdaralense (125130)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Metalegoceras ajdaralense (116795 116797 117788)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Kazakhstan Asianites ajdaralensis (type locality: 116791) Metalegoceras ajdaralense (102148 116792)