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Metapeltoceras baylei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Parapeltoceras baylei was named by Prieser (1937).

It was recombined as Metapeltoceras baylei by Jeannet (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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by M. Clapham on 2015-07-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Parapeltoceras baylei Prieser
1951Metapeltoceras baylei Jeannet p. 171 figs. Pl 72, fig 5; pl 73, figs 5,6,8; pl 90, fig 2; text-figs 402,403

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusMetapeltoceras
speciesbaylei(Prieser 1937)

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.

Metapeltoceras baylei Prieser 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height520.711.040.019.510.7
shell diameter569.738.0132.066.034.6
shell inflation532.718.561.031.015.8

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Metapeltoceras baylei (171552 171588)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Metapeltoceras baylei (171568 171585)