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Metophiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Xenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Metophiceras was named by Spath (1935).

It was reranked as Ophiceras (Metophiceras) by Spath (1935).

It was assigned to Ophiceras by Spath (1935); and to Xenodiscidae by Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Metophiceras Spath p. 34
1935Ophiceras (Metophiceras) Spath p. 34
2006Metophiceras Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyXenodiscidaeFrech 1902
genusMetophiceras

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.

G. †Metophiceras Spath 1935
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†Metophiceras demissum Oppel 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter842.022.455.644.611.4

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Sinemurian or 254.17000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) M. sp. (48895 111649)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.17 - 250.5China (Sichuan) M. sp. (48944) M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (111618)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Nepal (Byans) Ophiceras demissum (214668)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) M. sp. (149077 149083)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation M. subdemissum (107115)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Ophiceras demissum (98223 99901 111985)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation (Siberia) M. subdemissum (48488)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland M. noenygaardi (112726) M. sp. (48049) M. subdemissum (112763) M. subdemissum, M. noenygaardi (112725 112730) M. wegeneri (48061) M. wegeneri, M. subdemissum (112740) Ophiceras demissum (48113 48122) Ophiceras praecursor (48059 118757) Ophiceras sp. (118581 118634 118639 118706) Ophiceras sp. juv. (118633) Ophiceras subdemissum (118583 118649 118679 118680 118681 118682 118708 118753) Ophiceras subdemissum, Ophiceras noenygaardi (118560 118702) Ophiceras subdemissum, Ophiceras noenygaardi, Ophiceras praecursor (118683) Ophiceras subdemissum, Ophiceras praecursor (118502 118744 118754)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Idaho) Ophiceras subdemissum (203175)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Xizang) M. demissum (229686 229688) Ophiceras demissum (189586)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India Ophiceras demissum (44023 44024 44026 44028) Xenodiscus demissus (110990 110992)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Indonesia (Timor) Ophiceras demissum (205270)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India (Kashmir) Ophiceras subdemissum (131954)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Oman M. subdemissum (214532)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Greece Ophiceras demissum (112607)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Greenland M. sp. (196948)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Romania M. simplex (219456)
Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian199.3 - 183.0Austria M. sp. (218908)