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Metalytoceras triboleti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae

Taxonomy
Lytoceras triboleti was named by Uhlig (1902). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Metalytoceras.

It was recombined as Metalytoceras triboleti by Wright et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Lytoceras triboleti Uhlig
1996Metalytoceras triboleti Wright et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyLytoceratoidea(Neumayr 1875)
familyLytoceratidaeNeumayr 1875
subfamilyLytoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusMetalytocerasSuess 1865
speciestriboleti(Uhlig 1902)

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.

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Diagnosis
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