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Tainoceras marylandicum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metacoceras marylandica was named by Lintz (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ames Shale, Garrett County, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Conemaugh Formation of Maryland.

It was recombined as Tainoceras marylandicum by Korn and Ghaderi (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. monolifer, T. occidentalis, T. ponderosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Metacoceras marylandica Lintz
2025Tainoceras marylandicum Korn and Ghaderi p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTainoceratoidea(Hyatt 1883)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusTainocerasHyatt 1883
speciesmarylandicum(Lintz 1958)

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: Virgilian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) Metacoceras marylandica (type locality: 118827)