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Metoicoceras muelleri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metoicoceras muelleri was named by Cobban (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108321, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Metoicoceras mosbyense by Kennedy and Cobban (1990) and Cobban and Kennedy (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Metoicoceras muelleri Cobban p. 49 figs. Pl 6, figs 15,16; pl 8, figs 1-7; pl 9, fig 1
2004Metoicoceras muelleri Barroso-Barcenilla p. 96 figs. Pl 1, fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMammitinae()
genusMetoicocerasHyatt 1903
speciesmuelleri

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.

†Metoicoceras muelleri Cobban 1953
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Diagnosis
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