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Pleuronautilus gregarius

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metacoceras gregarium was named by Miller (1945). Its type specimen is USNM 111614 and is a cast. Its type locality is USNM702a, Split Tank, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Foordiceras gregarium by Miller and Youngquist (1949); it was recombined as Pseudofoordiceras gregarium by Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy (1954); it was recombined as Pleuronautilus gregarius by Shimanskiy (1967) and Ehiro (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Metacoceras gregarium Miller p. 286 figs. Pl 45, figs 5-8
1949Foordiceras gregarium Miller and Youngquist p. 98 figs. Pl 36, fig 5; pl 38, figs 5-8; pl 39, figs 1,2,6-9; pl 40, figs 1-4; pl 41, figs 5-9
1954Pseudofoordiceras gregarium Ruzhentsev and Shimanskiy p. 76
1967Pleuronautilus gregarius Shimanskiy p. 93
2022Pleuronautilus gregarius Ehiro p. 25 figs. 4.2-4.3

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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
genusPleuronautilus
speciesgregarius()

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.

Pleuronautilus gregarius Miller 1945
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Diagnosis
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