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Metalegoceras toumanskayae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metalegoceras toumanskayae was named by Leonova (1989). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/281, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shindy River, Sample 26/2, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kyzyldzhilga Formation of Tajikistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Metalegoceras toumanskayae Leonova p. 105 figs. Pl 5, figs 1, 2; text-fig 48
1992Metalegoceras toumanskayae Leonova p. 147 figs. Pl 31, fig 8
2002Metalegoceras toumanskayae 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
speciestoumanskayae

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 height43.833.204.803.750.727
shell diameter420.517.127.119.84.71
shell inflation415.612.819.415.43.32

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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Tajikistan Metalegoceras toumanskayae (130237 130247)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Tajikistan Metalegoceras toumanskayae (111278 type locality: 111283 111289 111378 111382 111386 177979 177981 177982 177983 178027 178043 178130 178132)