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Metengonoceras inscriptum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metengonoceras inscriptum was named by Hyatt (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Metengonoceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Metengonoceras inscriptum Hyatt p. 180 figs. pl. 25, figs 5-9; pl. 26, figs. 1-4
1998Metengonoceras inscriptum Kennedy et al. p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyEngonoceratidae
genusMetengonoceras
speciesinscriptum

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
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