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Metapeltoceras jurense
Taxonomy
Metapeltoceras jurense was named by Jeannet (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed F.2, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in Switzerland.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1951 | Metapeltoceras jurense Jeannet p. 174 figs. Pl 91, fig 2; text-figs 407, 408 |
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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.
†Metapeltoceras jurense Jeannet 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 20.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 53.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 18.5 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oxfordian | Switzerland | Metapeltoceras jurense (type locality: 171559) |