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Metalegoceras aricki
Taxonomy
Metalegoceras aricki was named by Plummer and Scott (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lenox Hills, base of escarpment north of Wedin's ranch, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Lenox Hills Formation of Texas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Metalegoceras aricki Plummer and Scott p. 286 figs. Pl 21, fig 14 |
| 2002 | Metalegoceras aricki 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 aricki Plummer and Scott 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 1 | 7.00 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 32.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 17.7 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||