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Metasibirites spinescens

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Metasibiritidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites spinescens was named by Hauer (1855). It is the type species of Metasibirites.

It was recombined as Metasibirites spinescens by Spath (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Ammonites spinescens Hauer
1951Metasibirites spinescens Spath p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyMetasibiritidae
genusMetasibiritesMojsisovics 1896
speciesspinescens(Hauer 1855)

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: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Nepal (Byans) Metasibirites spinescens (214672)