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Metatissotia slizewiczi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tissotiidae

Taxonomy
Buchiceras slizewiczi was named by Fallot (1885). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dieulefit (Slizewicz collection), which is in a Coniacian marine sandstone in the Grès Verts de Dieulefit Formation of France.

It was recombined as Metatissotia slizewiczi by Hyatt (1903), Kennedy (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Buchiceras slizewiczi Fallot p. 240 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
1903Metatissotia slizewiczi Hyatt p. 49
1984Metatissotia slizewiczi Kennedy p. 130 figs. Pl 29, figs 1,2; pl 30, figs 3,4; text-figs 39A-C

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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
speciesslizewiczi(Fallot 1885)

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 slizewiczi Fallot 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height122.0
shell diameter142.6
shell inflation14.90

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: Middle Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Buchiceras slizewiczi (type locality: 179096) Metatissotia slizewiczi (178941)