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Serometacoceras inflatum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae

Taxonomy
Serometacoceras inflatum was named by Korn and Ghaderi (2025). Its type specimen is MfN MB.C.32051, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aras Valley, Araxoceras beds, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Julfa Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Serometacoceras inflatum Korn and Ghaderi p. 45 fig. 22

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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
speciesinflatum

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 inflatum Korn and Ghaderi 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height117.7
shell diameter140.6
shell inflation111.4

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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Metacoceras dorashamense (119043) Serometacoceras inflatum (type locality: 275364)