Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Ussuritidae
Alternative spelling: Metassuria
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1934. Catalogue of Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, The Ammonoidea of the Trias. 1-521
Parent taxon: Ussuritidae according to A. Brayard et al. 2009
See also Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1934 and Tozer 1981
Sister taxa: Arctophyllites, Coscaites, Eopsiloceras, Metatirolites, Mojsvarites, Monophyllites, Monophyllitinae, Oxyussuria, Popovites, Spinoleiophyllites, Ussurites, Ussuritinae, Vickohlerites, Wopfingites
Subtaxa: Metussuria bella Metussuria occidentalis Metussuria waageni
Type: Ussuria waageni
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4), United States (4: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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