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Metahaploceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Metahaploceras was named by Spath (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Taramelliceras (Metahaploceras) by Spath (1925), Schlegelmilch (1994), Schairer and Schlampp (2003).

It was assigned to Taramelliceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Taramelliceras by Spath (1925), Schlegelmilch (1994), Schairer and Schlampp (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Metahaploceras Spath
1925Taramelliceras (Metahaploceras) Spath
1957Metahaploceras Arkell et al. p. 281
1994Taramelliceras (Metahaploceras) Schlegelmilch p. 37
2002Metahaploceras Sepkoski
2003Taramelliceras (Metahaploceras) Schairer and Schlampp p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyTaramelliceratinaeSpath 1928
genusMetahaplocerasSpath 1925

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.

G. †Metahaploceras Spath 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Spain M. sp. (68307)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Madagascar M. pascoei (234276) M. percevali, M. subnudatum, M. brasseuri (98163)