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Serometacoceras cingulum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae

Taxonomy
Serometacoceras cingulum was named by Korn and Ghaderi (2025). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.32050, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zal, Araxoceras beds, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Julfa Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Serometacoceras cingulum Korn and Ghaderi p. 44 fig. 21

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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
speciescingulum

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 cingulum Korn and Ghaderi 2025
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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 Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Serometacoceras cingulum (type locality: 275365) Temnocheilus sp. (119043)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Temnocheilus sp. (119069)