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Serometacoceras incertum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus incertus was named by Abich (1878).

It was recombined as Pleuronautilus incertus by Kotlyar et al. (1983); it was recombined as Serometacoceras incertum by Korn and Ghaderi (2025).

Entered
by M. Clapham on 2015-07-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Nautilus incertus Abich
1983Pleuronautilus incertus Kotlyar et al.
2025Serometacoceras incertum Korn and Ghaderi p. 47 fig. 3D

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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
speciesincertum(Abich 1878)

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.

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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Pleuronautilus incertus (110596 110678)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Armenia Pleuronautilus incertus (110747)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Iran Pleuronautilus incertus (118271)