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Metalegoceras rotundatum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metalegoceras rotundatum was named by Ruzhentsev (1956). Its type specimen is PIN 317/3241 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aktasty River, locality 10, Aktyubinsk Region, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Aktasty Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Metalegoceras rotundatum Ruzhentsev p. 129 figs. Pl 6, fig 6
2002Metalegoceras rotundatum Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyNeoicoceratoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyMetalegoceratidae
subfamilyMetalegoceratinaePlummer and Scott 1937
genusMetalegocerasSchindewolf 1931
speciesrotundatum

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.

†Metalegoceras rotundatum Ruzhentsev 1956
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Diagnosis
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