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Metadagnoceras pulchrum

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Khvalynitidae

Taxonomy
Metadagnoceras pulchrum was named by Tozer (1965). Its type specimen is GSC 18848 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 56196, Chowade River (UCR), which is in a Spathian marine siliciclastic in the Toad Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Metadagnoceras pulchrum Tozer p. 29 figs. Pl 1, figs 11a-c
1969Metadagnoceras pulchrum Kummel
1994Metadagnoceras pulchrum Tozer p. 85 figs. Pl 38, figs 7a,b; text-figs 26f-h

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyDinaritoidea(Mojsisovics 1882)
familyKhvalynitidae()
genusMetadagnocerasTozer 1965
speciespulchrumTozer 1965

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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