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Metalegoceras toumanskayae

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metalegoceras toumanskayae was named by Leonova (1989). Its type specimen is PIN 3591/281, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shindy River, Sample 26/2, Pamir Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Kyzyldzhilga Formation of Tajikistan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Metalegoceras toumanskayae Leonova p. 105 figs. Pl 5, figs 1, 2; text-fig 48
1992Metalegoceras toumanskayae Leonova p. 147 figs. Pl 31, fig 8
2002Metalegoceras toumanskayae 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
speciestoumanskayae

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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