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Metapronorites certus

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae

Taxonomy
Metapronorites certus was named by Andrianov (1985). Its type specimen is YaF SO AN 55/345 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Muuss-Attyk river, Bytantay river basin, which is in a Sakmarian marine siliciclastic in the Echiy Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Metapronorites certus Andrianov p. 115 figs. Pl 1, fig 4; pl 1a, fig 4; text-fig 28
2002Metapronorites certus Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyPronoritidaeFrech 1901
subfamilyPronoritinaeFrech 1901
genusMetapronoritesLibrovitch 1938
speciescertus

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.

†Metapronorites certus Andrianov 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Metapronorites certus (type locality: 215908)