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Pleuronautilus mutatus

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metacoceras mutatum was named by Miller (1945). Its type specimen is USNM 111619 and is a 3D body fossil. 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 mutatum by Miller and Youngquist (1949); it was recombined as Pleuronautilus mutatus by Shimanskiy (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Metacoceras mutatum Miller p. 290 figs. Pl 45, fig 1
1949Foordiceras mutatum Miller and Youngquist p. 101 figs. Pl 38, fig 1
1967Pleuronautilus mutatus Shimanskiy p. 93

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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
speciesmutatus()

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 mutatus Miller 1945
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Diagnosis
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