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Metapeltoceras helveticum
Taxonomy
Metapeltoceras helveticum was named by Jeannet (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed C.3, which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Switzerland.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1951 | Metapeltoceras helveticum Jeannet p. 183 figs. Pl 90, fig 1; text-fig 405 |
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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.
†Metapeltoceras helveticum Jeannet 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 47.0 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 157.5 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 75.5 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Callovian | Switzerland | Metapeltoceras helveticum (type locality: 171565) |