Metatissotia Hyatt 1903 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tissotiidae

Synonym: Dordiella Reyment 1958

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351

Parent taxon: Tissotiidae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996

See also Hyatt 1903, Kennedy 1984, Kennedy 1995 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Glebosoceras, Hemitissotiinae, Heterotissotia, Paratissotia, Subtissotia, Tissotia, Tissotioides

Subtaxa: Dordiella bakundu Metatissotia auressensis Metatissotia desmoulinsi Metatissotia ewaldi Metatissotia nanclasi Metatissotia nodosa Metatissotia redtenbacheri Metatissotia slizewiczi

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cameroon (3 collections), Egypt (1), France (18), Peru (1), Spain (1)

Total: 24 collections including 29 occurrences

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