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Lissonites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Metasibiritidae

Taxonomy
Lissonites was named by Tozer (1979) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. Its type is Lissonites canadensis.

It was assigned to Metasibiritidae by Tozer (1979), Tozer (1981) and Tozer (1994); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Lissonites Tozer p. 129
1981Lissonites Tozer p. 97
1994Lissonites Tozer p. 262
2002Lissonites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyMetasibiritidae
genusLissonites

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.

G. †Lissonites Tozer 1979
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Lissonites canadensis Tozer 1979
Lissonites lissoni Jaworski 1922
Lissonites pecki Tozer 1994
Lissonites sutanensis Jaworski 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height125.214.906.005.000.519
shell diameter1216.411.924.316.93.49
shell inflation126.084.909.405.452.08

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Sevatian to the top of the Norian or 212.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Nevadites lissoni, Nevadites sutanensis (206477)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Canada (British Columbia) L. canadensis (139128 139130 139132) L. canadensis, L. pecki (139129) L. sp. (141709)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Colombia (Tolima) L. canadensis (101052)