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Aulametacoceras mckeei

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Aulametacoceras mckeei was named by Miller and Unklesbay (1942). Its type specimen is MNA 895/G2 1992 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lake Mary, east side, 10 miles SE of Flagstaff, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Aulametacoceras mckeei Miller and Unklesbay
1949Aulametacoceras mckeei Miller and Youngquist p. 93 figs. Pl 34, figs 1,2
1957Aulametacoceras mckeei Miller and Furnish p. 713 figs. Pl 84, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderTainoceratinaShimansky 1964
superfamilyTrigonoceratoidea(Hyatt 1884)
familyTainoceratidaeHyatt 1883
genusAulametacoceras
speciesmckeei

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.

†Aulametacoceras mckeei Miller and Unklesbay 1942
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Diagnosis
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