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Metacoceras cornutum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metacoceras cornutum was named by Girty (1911).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dorashamensis, M. mcchesneyi, M. perelegans, M. quadratum, M. sinuosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Metacoceras cornutum Girty pp. 145-146
1948Metacoceras cornutum Sturgeon and Miller p. 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyPleuronautiloideaHyatt 1900
familyMetacoceratidae
genusMetacocerasHyatt 1883
speciescornutumGirty 1911

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.

†Metacoceras cornutum Girty 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Virgilian or 312.80000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Metacoceras cornutum (91530)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Temnocheilus winslowi (184105)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Metacoceras cornutum (217893 217897 217901 217905 217906 217908 217932 217977 217979 217992 218010 218014 218017 218022 218027)