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Serometacoceras verae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronautilus verae was named by Arthaber (1900). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Serometacoceras.

It was recombined as Serometacoceras verae by Korn and Ghaderi (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Pleuronautilus verae Arthaber p. 216 figs. Pl 18, figs 4a-c
1965Pleuronautilus dzhulfensis Shimansky p. 158 figs. Pl 15, figs 5,6
1967Pleuronautilus verae Shimanskiy p. 93
2025Serometacoceras verae Korn and Ghaderi p. 41 figs. 19, 20

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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
genusSerometacoceras
speciesverae()

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.

†Serometacoceras verae Arthaber 1900
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Invalid names: Pleuronautilus dzhulfensis Shimansky 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height318.217.020.217.61.70
shell diameter344.440.751.342.05.78
shell inflation314.312.017.913.63.05

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran (Tehran) Pleuronautilus verae (43291)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Pleuronautilus sp. 2 (119043) Serometacoceras verae (275364 275366 275368 275369)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Nautilus pichleri (232366) Pleuronautilus dzhulfensis (95630 110678)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Armenia Pleuronautilus dzhulfensis (110794)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Armenia Pleuronautilus dzhulfensis (110778)