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Metathisbites griphus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thisbitidae

Taxonomy
Metathisbites griphus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 32299 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 64625, Pardonet Hill, which is in a Lacian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Metathisbites griphus Tozer p. 232 figs. Pl 109, figs 16a-c; pl 113, figs 6a,b; text-fig 87h

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyThisbitidae
genusMetathisbites
speciesgriphus

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.

Metathisbites griphus Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height210.9--10.9-
shell diameter225.919.734.026.910.1

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: Lacian or 221.50000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Canada (British Columbia) Metathisbites griphus (137028 type locality: 137979)