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Metacoceras dorsoarmatum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus dorsoarmatus was named by Abich (1878). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Araxes Gorge, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in Azerbaijan.

It was recombined as Pleuronautilus dorsoarmatus by Arthaber (1900); it was recombined as Metacoceras dorsoarmatum by Shimansky (1965) and Teichert and Kummel (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Nautilus dorsoarmatus Abich p. 20 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,1a
1900Pleuronautilus dorsoarmatus Arthaber p. 215
1965Metacoceras dorsoarmatum Shimansky figs. Pl 14, fig 5
1973Metacoceras dorsoarmatum Teichert and Kummel p. 417 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6

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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
speciesdorsoarmatum()

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.

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Diagnosis
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