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Pleuronautilus megaporus
Taxonomy
Metacoceras megaporum was named by Miller (1945). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PU3, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.
It was recombined as Foordiceras megaporum by Miller and Youngquist (1949); it was recombined as Pleuronautilus megaporus by Shimanskiy (1967).
It was recombined as Foordiceras megaporum by Miller and Youngquist (1949); it was recombined as Pleuronautilus megaporus by Shimanskiy (1967).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1945 | Metacoceras megaporum Miller p. 289 figs. Pl 45, figs 3,4 |
| 1949 | Foordiceras megaporum Miller and Youngquist p. 100 figs. Pl 38, figs 3,4 |
| 1967 | Pleuronautilus megaporus Shimanskiy p. 93 |
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†Pleuronautilus megaporus Miller 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available