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Metoicoceras whitei praecox

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metoicoceras whitei praecox was named by Haas (1949). Its type specimen is AMNH 26415, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Metoicoceras praecox by Kennedy and Cobban (1990) and Cobban and Kennedy (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Metoicoceras whitei praecox Haas p. 15 figs. Pls 5-7; text-figs 5-9
1990Metoicoceras praecox Kennedy and Cobban p. 408 figs. Pl 5, figs 6-9; pl 7, figs 3-5,14-16
1991Metoicoceras praecox Cobban and Kennedy p. B2 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-15; pl 2, figs 1-16; pl 3, figs 1-6; text-figs 2B-D, 3C, 3E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusMetoicocerasHyatt 1903
specieswhitei(d'Orbigny 1841)
subspeciespraecox

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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Diagnosis
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