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Metalegoceras pamiricum
Taxonomy
Metalegoceras pamiricum was named by Leonova (1989). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/282, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shindy River, bed 4, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kochusu Formation of Tajikistan.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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 pamiricum Leonova 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 8.94 | 8.00 | 10.0 | 9.00 | 1.41 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 35.8 | 35.0 | 36.7 | 35.9 | 1.20 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 19.5 | - | - | 19.5 | - |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 274.40000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artinskian | Tajikistan | Metalegoceras pamiricum (130237) | |
| Kungurian | Tajikistan | Metalegoceras pamiricum (111283 111382 type locality: 177979 177981 177983) |