''Metalegoceras'' is an
extinct
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genus of marine cephalopods belonging to the family
Schistoceratidae
Schistoceratidae is one of five families of the Schistoceratoidea superfamily. They are an extinct group of ammonoid, which are shelled cephalopods related to squids, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish
Cuttlefish or cuttles are marine mol ...
.
Species
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Metalegoceras ajdaralense''
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Metalegoceras arcticum''
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Metalegoceras aricki''
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Metalegoceras australe''
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Metalegoceras baylorense''
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Metalegoceras crenatum''
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Metalegoceras evolutum''
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Metalegoceras hudsoni''
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Metalegoceras kayi''
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Metalegoceras klimovi''
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Metalegoceras liratum''
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Metalegoceras pamiricum''
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Metalegoceras platyventrum''
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Metalegoceras rotundatum''
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Metalegoceras schucherti''
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Metalegoceras shangraoense''
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Metalegoceras shyndense''
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Metalegoceras sogurense''
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Metalegoceras spirale''
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Metalegoceras striatum''
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Metalegoceras sundaicum''
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Metalegoceras toumanskayae''
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Metalegoceras tschernyschewi''
Distribution
This species have been found in the Permian of
Australia
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,
Canada
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,
China
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, East
Timor
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,
Indonesia
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,
Kazakhstan
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Malaysia
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,
Oman
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,
Russia
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and
United States
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.
References
The Paleobiology Database* F. A. H . W . De Marez Ovens
On Paralegoceras sundaicum Haniel and related forms (1933)
External links
The Fossil Forum
Goniatitida genera
Neoicoceratoidea
Permian animals of Asia
Paleozoic life of Nunavut
Paleozoic life of Yukon
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