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Metacoceras medlicottianum

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Gyroceras medlicottianum was named by Waagen (1879). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khura, uppermost beds of Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate marl in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Metacoceras medlicottianum by Kummel (1953).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Gyroceras medlicottianum Waagen p. 65 figs. Pl 6, fig 6
1953Metacoceras medlicottianum Kummel p. 20

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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
speciesmedlicottianum()

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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