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Metalegoceratinae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Metalegoceratinae Plummer and Scott
2002Metalegoceratinae Leonova
2009Metalegoceratinae Furnish et al. p. 174
2017Metalegoceratinae Zhou p. 76

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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
subfamilyMetalegoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937

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.

Subfm. †Metalegoceratinae Plummer and Scott 1937
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G. †Bransonoceras Miller and Parizek 1948
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Bransonoceras bakeri Miller and Parizek 1948
Bransonoceras costatum Zhao and Zheng 1977
Invalid names: Eolegoceras Leonova 1989 [synonym], Pericycloceras Zhao and Zheng 1977 [synonym]
G. †Juresanites Maximova 1940
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Juresanites campbelli Teichert and Glenister 1952
Juresanites colemanensis Plummer and Scott 1937
Juresanites hanieli Smith 1927
Juresanites intermedius Shkolin 1992
Juresanites jacksoni Etheridge Jr. 1907
Juresanites kazakhorum Ruzhencev 1952
Juresanites maximovae Andrianov 1985
Juresanites originalis Shkolin 1992
Juresanites primitivus Maximova 1935
Juresanites somoholense Haniel 1915
G. †Metalegoceras Schindewolf 1931
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Subg. †Metalegoceras (Metalegoceras) Schindewolf 1931
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Metalegoceras ajdaralense Ruzhentsev 1933
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Invalid names: Dodecalegoceras sunidukiensis Voinova 1934 [synonym]
Metalegoceras arcticum Bogoslovskaya 1982
Metalegoceras aricki Plummer and Scott 1937
Metalegoceras australe Smith 1927
Metalegoceras bosterense Leonova 1989
Metalegoceras crenatum Nassichuk et al. 1965
Metalegoceras distale Ruzhencev 1938
Metalegoceras evolutum Haniel 1915
Metalegoceras gerassimovi Ruzhencev 1951
Metalegoceras hudsoni Miller and Furnish 1957
Metalegoceras kayi Glenister et al. 1973
Metalegoceras klimovi Ruzhentsev 1956
Metalegoceras liratum Zhao and Zheng 1977
Metalegoceras noinskyi Ruzhencev 1951
Metalegoceras pamiricum Leonova 1989
Metalegoceras platyventrum Zhao and Zheng 1977
Metalegoceras rotundatum Ruzhentsev 1956
Metalegoceras schucherti Miller and Furnish 1940
Metalegoceras shangraoense Zhao and Zheng 1977
Metalegoceras shyndense Leonova 1989
Metalegoceras sogurense Ruzhentsev 1933
Metalegoceras spirale Zhao and Zheng 1977
Metalegoceras striatum Teichert 1942
Metalegoceras sundaicum Haniel 1915
Metalegoceras tschernyschewi Karpinsky 1889
Metalegoceras wanneri Smith 1927
Invalid names: Asianites Ruzhentsev 1933 [synonym], Dodecalegoceras Voinova 1934 [synonym], Parametalegoceras Bogoslovskaya 1982 [synonym], Pseudometalegoceras Bogoslovskaya 1985 [synonym]
G. †Pseudoschistoceras Teichert 1944
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Pseudoschistoceras irianense Glenister 1983
Pseudoschistoceras simile Teichert 1944
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wordian or 298.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Australia (Western Australia) Juresanites jacksoni (82802)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation Juresanites maximovae (151151) Juresanites originalis (117897)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) Metalegoceras sp. (211422)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Metalegoceras crenatum (103647) Parametalegoceras arcticum (88432)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Malaysia Metalegoceras sp. (82630)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Oman Metalegoceras hudsoni (109845)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Gastrioceras jacksoni (119040) Juresanites campbelli (108760) Metalegoceras campbelli (119041 119042) Metalegoceras clarkei (113127) Metalegoceras clarkei, Metalegoceras striatum (85021) Metalegoceras jacksoni (132754 172048) Metalegoceras kayi (101207) Metalegoceras n. sp. (108757) Metalegoceras striatum (119105)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Kazakhstan Juresanites intermedius (81373)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (Yukon) Metalegoceras crenatum (115714)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Metalegoceras aricki (128621) Metalegoceras colemanense (113186)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) Metalegoceras baylorense (39155)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3Indonesia Paralegoceras sundaicum (130652 133124)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3East Timor Metalegoceras sundaicum (21163) Paralegoceras sundaicum (131171)
Sakmarian - Artinskian293.52 - 279.3Indonesia (Timor) Paralegoceras sundaicum (131192)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation Metalegoceras ajdaralense (116797) Metalegoceras klimovi, Metalegoceras ajdaralense, Metalegoceras tschernyschewi, Metalegoceras evolutum (116795) Metalegoceras sogurense, Metalegoceras ajdaralense (117788) Metalegoceras sogurense, Metalegoceras klimovi (116796)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation (Orenburg) Metalegoceras sogurense, Metalegoceras klimovi (116793)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (New Mexico) Bransonoceras bakeri (113080) Metalegoceras baylorense (113078)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Guizhou) Bransonoceras longyinense (185541 185542) Pseudoschistoceras sp., Bransonoceras longyinense (185543)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia (Timor) Pseudoschistoceras gigas (132756)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (Nunavut) Metalegoceras crenatum (111866)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan Metalegoceras sogurense, Asianites ajdaralensis (116791) Metalegoceras sogurense, Metalegoceras ajdaralense (116792) Metalegoceras sogurense, Metalegoceras klimovi, Metalegoceras ajdaralense, Metalegoceras tschernyschewi, Metalegoceras evolutum (102148) Metalegoceras sp. (125117) Metalegoceras sp., Metalegoceras rotundatum (125114)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Goniatites baylorensis (108766) Metalegoceras baylorense (128587) Metalegoceras colemanense (75886 90007 101769 105720) Metalegoceras schucherti (43564 97275) Metalegoceras sp. (43578)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Kazakhstan (Aqtobe) Metalegoceras ajdaralense, Metalegoceras tschernyschewi (125130) Metalegoceras sogurense (125132)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Metalegoceras sp. (125123) Metalegoceras tschernyschewi (125122)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Tajikistan Eolegoceras murgabense (130239) Metalegoceras pamiricum (130281) Metalegoceras shyndense (88897 130244) Metalegoceras sp. (156578) Metalegoceras toumanskayae (130247) Metalegoceras toumanskayae, Metalegoceras pamiricum (130237)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Indonesia Metalegoceras australe, Metalegoceras wanneri (39614) Metalegoceras gigas (61445)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan Metalegoceras bosterense (109839 111264 178024 178026 178038 178039 178048 178151 178152) Metalegoceras shyndense (111372 111376 178037) Metalegoceras shyndense, Metalegoceras toumanskayae (111289 178130) Metalegoceras shyndense, Metalegoceras toumanskayae, Eolegoceras murgabense, Metalegoceras pamiricum (177983) Metalegoceras shyndense, Metalegoceras toumanskayae, Eolegoceras murgabense, Metalegoceras pamiricum, Metalegoceras bosterense (177979 177981) Metalegoceras shyndense, Metalegoceras toumanskayae, Metalegoceras pamiricum (111382) Metalegoceras toumanskayae (111278 111386 177982 178027 178043 178132) Metalegoceras toumanskayae, Metalegoceras bosterense (111378) Metalegoceras toumanskayae, Metalegoceras pamiricum, Metalegoceras bosterense (111283)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Pseudoschistoceras simile (82555)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Metalegoceras schucherti (113200 113229) Metalegoceras sp. (105575)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Xizang) Metalegoceras sp. (117564)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia Metalegoceras sundaicum (43098)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Zhejiang) Pericycloceras costatum (97115)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jilin) Metalegoceras sp. (107794)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Jiangxi) Metalegoceras spirale, Metalegoceras platyventrum, Metalegoceras liratum, Metalegoceras shangraoense (87350)