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Metalegoceras hudsoni

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metalegoceras hudsoni was named by Miller and Furnish (1957). Its type specimen is SUI 5994 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haushi, Lower Half of Section, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in the Saiwan Formation of Oman.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Metalegoceras hudsoni Miller and Furnish p. 1049 figs. Pl 132, figs 1-3

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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
specieshudsoni

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 hudsoni Miller and Furnish 1957
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