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Metacoceras copei

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metacoceras copei was named by Tucker (1976). Its type specimen is PE 27920. Its type locality is Type localitity of Shumway Limestone Member, Matttoon Fm., Shumway Cyclothem, which is in a Virgilian carbonate lime mudstone/limestone in the Mattoon Formation of Illinois.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dorashamensis, M. marylandica, M. quadratum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Metacoceras copei Tucker p. 61

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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
genusMetacocerasHyatt 1883
speciescopei

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.

†Metacoceras copei Tucker 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available