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Nannometoicoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nannometoicoceras was named by Kennedy (1988). Its type is Metoicoceras acceleratum.

It was assigned to Mammitinae by Kennedy and Cobban (1990), Wright et al. (1996), Wright (1996) and Cooper (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Nannometoicoceras Kennedy pp. 64 - 67
1990Nannometoicoceras Kennedy and Cobban p. 412
1996Nannometoicoceras Wright
1996Nannometoicoceras Wright et al. p. 173
1998Nannometoicoceras Cooper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusNannometoicoceras

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. †Nannometoicoceras Kennedy 1988
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Nannometoicoceras glabrum Kennedy and Cobban 1990
Nannometoicoceras nanos Kennedy and Cobban 1990
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Wright et al. 1996Dwarf offshoot of Metoicoceras. Very involute, compressed, with flat sides and tabulate venter.