Metasibirites mojsvarensis Smith 1927 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Metasibiritidae

Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262

Belongs to Metasibirites according to J. P. Smith 1927

Sister taxa: Metasibirites brockensis, Metasibirites coei, Metasibirites columbianus, Metasibirites frechi, Metasibirites gracilis, Metasibirites modestus, Metasibirites pusillus, Metasibirites pygmaeus, Metasibirites shastensis, Metasibirites speratus, Metasibirites spinescens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brock Mountain, north end and west side (Juvavites subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Brock Mountain, north end and west side (Juvavites subzone)

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