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Metapronorites

Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Pronoritidae

Taxonomy
Metapronorites was named by Librovitch (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l P Leon Sepkoski's reference number: 1251]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pronoritidae by Leonova (2002); to Prolecanitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pronoritinae by Korn (2006), Furnish et al. (2009) and Zhou (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Metapronorites Librovitch
2002Metapronorites Leonova
2002Metapronorites Sepkoski
2006Metapronorites Korn
2009Metapronorites Furnish et al. p. 193
2017Metapronorites Zhou p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderProlecanitidaMiller and Furnish 1954
superfamilyMedlicottioidea(Karpinsky 1889)
familyPronoritidaeFrech 1901
subfamilyPronoritinaeFrech 1901
genusMetapronoritesLibrovitch 1938

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. †Metapronorites Librovitch 1938
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†Metapronorites angustus Andrianov 1985
†Metapronorites bifidus Andrianov 1985
†Metapronorites certus Andrianov 1985
†Metapronorites cuneilobatus Ruzhentsev 1949
†Metapronorites ellesmerensis Nassichuk 1975
†Metapronorites polaris Andrianov 1985
†Metapronorites vladimiri Andrianov 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1717.37.0039.518.610.6
shell diameter1735.413.573.037.819.1
shell inflation175.162.008.005.101.64

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:37:20
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:37:20
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Sakmarian or 315.20000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) M. ellesmerensis (62646 170668 170669 170670 170671 170672 170673 170689 170690 170691 170698 170701 170716 170717 170720) M. pseudotimorensis (170724) M. sp. (62696)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Texas) M. sp. (79328)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Pronorites pseudotimorensis (128578)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Canada (Nunavut) M. pseudotimorensis (76938)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Kazakhstan M. cuneilobatus (81348) M. sp. (81349)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Russian Federation M. cuneilobatus (172254)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Japan M. sp., M. timorensis (116014) M. timorensis (214599)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Tajikistan M. timorensis (102491 102492 102493 102494 102495 102496)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guangxi) M. timorensis (95829 185583)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Guangxi) M. timorensis (185582)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1East Timor M. timorensis (61939)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation M. angustus (102338) M. certus (215908)