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Metacoceras dorsoarmatum
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).
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1878 | Nautilus dorsoarmatus Abich p. 20 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,1a |
| 1900 | Pleuronautilus dorsoarmatus Arthaber p. 215 |
| 1965 | Metacoceras dorsoarmatum Shimansky figs. Pl 14, fig 5 |
| 1973 | Metacoceras dorsoarmatum Teichert and Kummel p. 417 figs. Pl 3, figs 5,6 |
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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 dorsoarmatum Abich 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Azerbaijan | Metacoceras dorsoarmatum (94948) Nautilus dorsoarmatus (232366) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Iran | Metacoceras dorsoarmatum (119043) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Armenia | Metacoceras dorsoarmatum (110773) |