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Metarmenoceras bilaterale

Cephalopoda - Actinocerida - Ormoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metarmenoceras bilaterale was named by Flower (1940). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NYSM 12379e/1. Its type locality is Dalhousie beds - Gaspe, which is in a Devonian marine horizon in Canada. It is the type species of Metarmenoceras.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. meneghinii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Metarmenoceras bilaterale Flower

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthoceratoidea(M'Coy 1844)
orderActinoceridaTeichert 1933
familyOrmoceratidaeSaeman 1853
genusMetarmenocerasFlower 1940
speciesbilaterale

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:33:57
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:00:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Devonian or 419.20000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Canada (Quebec) Metarmenoceras bilaterale (type locality: 76331)