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Metacoceras baylorense

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metacoceras baylorense was named by Miller and Youngquist (1949). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Self School Creek, Brazos Bluff, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Lueders Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Metacoceras baylorense Miller and Youngquist p. 105 figs. Pl 43, figs 1,2; pl 44, fig 1

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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
genusMetacocerasHyatt 1883
speciesbaylorense

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.

Metacoceras baylorense Miller and Youngquist 1949
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Diagnosis
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