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Metalegoceras platyventrum
Taxonomy
Metalegoceras platyventrum was named by Zhao and Zheng (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 44602, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Caijiawan, Pengjia Mb, Shangrao County, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Hutang Formation of China.
It was recombined as Pseudometalegoceras platyventrum by Leonova (2002) and Boiko et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Pseudometalegoceras platyventrum by Leonova (2002) and Boiko et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Metalegoceras platyventrum Zhao and Zheng p. 243 figs. Pl 5, figs 5,6; text-fig 14c |
| 2002 | Pseudometalegoceras platyventrum Leonova |
| 2008 | Pseudometalegoceras platyventrum Boiko et al. p. 594 figs. Pl 1, fig 3 |
| 2009 | Metalegoceras platyventrum Furnish et al. p. 176 |
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†Metalegoceras platyventrum Zhao and Zheng 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available