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Metarmenoceras

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metarmenoceras was named by Flower (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl D Sieg Sepkoski's reference number: 524]. Its type is Metarmenoceras bilaterale.

It was assigned to Actinocerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ormoceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Kröger (2008).

Species
M. bilaterale (type species), M. fatimae
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Metarmenoceras Flower
1964Metarmenoceras Teichert et al. p. 214
2002Metarmenoceras Sepkoski
2008Metarmenoceras Kröger

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyOrmoceratidaeSaeman 1853
genusMetarmenocerasFlower 1940

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. †Metarmenoceras Flower 1940
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Metarmenoceras fatimae Kröger 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available