Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Nautilidae : Metacoceras : Metacoceras unklesbayi |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautilida : Tainoceratidae : Metacoceras : Metacoceras unklesbayi |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Metacoceras |
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Scientific Name | Metacoceras unklesbayi Miller & Youngquist, 1949 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Metacoceras unklesbayi | species | belongs to Metacoceras | stated with evidence | Miller and Youngquist, 1949 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 279 - 272 Ma Permian |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Nautilida) |
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Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) |
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Diet | carnivore (based on Nautilida) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Nautilida) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist. 1949. American Permian nautiloids. Geological Society of America Memoir 41:1-218 |
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Miller A. K., Youngquist W. (1949) American Permian nautiloids, Geological Society of America Memoir 41, 1-218 |
Miller A. K., Unklesbay A. G. (1942) Permian nautiloids from western United States, Journal of Paleontology 16 6, 719-738 |
Kues B. S. (1987) A large nautiloid specimen from the San Andres Formation (Permian, Leonardian) near Cloudcroft, New Mexico, with a review of the nautiloids reported from the San Andres Formation, New Mexico Journal of Science 27 2, 99-110 |