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Metalegoceras sundaicum

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Taxonomy
Paralegoceras sundaicum was named by Haniel (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Woearlawan II, Letti Island, which is in a Sakmarian/Artinskian marine sandstone in Indonesia.

It was recombined as Metalegoceras sundaicum by Leonova (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. gigas, M. pamiricum, M. sogurense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Paralegoceras sundaicum Haniel p. 161 figs. Pl 17; text-fig
1933Paralegoceras sundaicum de Marez Oyens p. 88 figs. 3-5
2002Metalegoceras sundaicum Leonova p. S50

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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
speciessundaicum()

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 sundaicum Haniel 1915
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Diagnosis
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