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Metalegoceras (Artimetalegoceras) clarkei
Taxonomy
Metalegoceras clarkei was named by Miller (1936). Its type specimen is UWA 19985-86, a partial shell (Phragmocone), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Nura Nura Outcamp (3 miles E), which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Nura Nura Formation of Australia.
It was synonymized subjectively with Metalegoceras australe by Glenister et al. (1973); it was recombined as Parametalegoceras clarkei by Leonova (2002); it was recombined as Metalegoceras (Artimetalegoceras) clarkei by Boiko et al. (2008).
It was synonymized subjectively with Metalegoceras australe by Glenister et al. (1973); it was recombined as Parametalegoceras clarkei by Leonova (2002); it was recombined as Metalegoceras (Artimetalegoceras) clarkei by Boiko et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1936 | Metalegoceras clarkei Miller p. 687 figs. Pl 92, figs 1-7 |
| 1961 | Metalegoceras clarkei Glenister and Furnish p. 707 figs. Pl 79, figs 4-7; pl 80, figs 1-5; text-fig 8D |
| 2002 | Parametalegoceras clarkei Leonova |
| 2008 | Metalegoceras (Artimetalegoceras) clarkei Boiko et al. p. 591 |
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†Metalegoceras (Artimetalegoceras) clarkei Miller 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 8.83 | 5.50 | 12.5 | 10.0 | 3.55 | |
| shell diameter | 3 | 21.1 | 14.5 | 27.0 | 24.0 | 6.53 | |
| shell inflation | 3 | 5.51 | 4.50 | 6.20 | 6.00 | 0.929 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||