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Metatissotia redtenbacheri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tissotiidae

Taxonomy
Tissotia redtenbacheri was named by de Grossouvre (1894). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tunnel de Laugerie, near Eyzies, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in France.

It was recombined as Metatissotia redtenbacheri by Kennedy (1984), Kennedy (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Tissotia redtenbacheri de Grossouvre p. 42 fig. 23
1933Tissotia redtenbacheri Riedel p. 133 fig. 38
1984Metatissotia redtenbacheri Kennedy p. 132 figs. Pl 28, fig 1; text-fig 40A
1995Metatissotia redtenbacheri Kennedy p. 423 figs. Pl 26, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyTissotiidae
genusMetatissotia
speciesredtenbacheri(de Grossouvre 1894)

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.

†Metatissotia redtenbacheri de Grossouvre 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Tissotia redtenbacheri (209647)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Metatissotia redtenbacheri (179737) Tissotia redtenbacheri (179100)