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Metalegoceras liratum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metalegoceras liratum was named by Zhao and Zheng (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 44601, 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 liratum by Leonova (2002) and Boiko et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Metalegoceras liratum Zhao and Zheng p. 242 figs. Pl 5, figs 17,18; text-fig 14b
2002Pseudometalegoceras liratum Leonova
2008Pseudometalegoceras liratum Boiko et al. p. 592 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
2009Metalegoceras liratum Furnish et al. p. 176

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMetalegoceratidae
subfamilyMetalegoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusMetalegocerasSchindewolf 1931
speciesliratum

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.

Metalegoceras liratum Zhao and Zheng 1977
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Diagnosis
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