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Metacoceras kruglovi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metacoceras kruglovi was named by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954). Its type specimen is PIN 626/55, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Belgushka River, 1.5 km N of Bogoslovka, which is in an Artinskian marine lime mudstone in the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dorashamensis, M. marylandica, M. quadratum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Metacoceras kruglovi Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 63 figs. Pl 5, fig 4
2020Metacoceras kruglovi Shchedukhin and Leonova p. 1139 figs. Pl 12, fig 3; text-fig 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
genusMetacocerasHyatt 1883
specieskruglovi

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 kruglovi Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy 1954
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Diagnosis
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