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Metalegoceras liratum
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).
It was recombined as Pseudometalegoceras liratum by Leonova (2002) and Boiko et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Metalegoceras liratum Zhao and Zheng p. 242 figs. Pl 5, figs 17,18; text-fig 14b |
| 2002 | Pseudometalegoceras liratum Leonova |
| 2008 | Pseudometalegoceras liratum Boiko et al. p. 592 figs. Pl 1, fig 2 |
| 2009 | Metalegoceras liratum Furnish et al. p. 176 |
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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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 24.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 52.8 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 13.3 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||