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Metapeltoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metapeltoceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Peltoceratinae by Jeannet (1951); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Metapeltoceras Jeannet p. 170
2002Metapeltoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPeltoceratinaeSpath 1924
genusMetapeltoceras

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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Metapeltoceras baylei Prieser 1937
Metapeltoceras helveticum Jeannet 1951
Metapeltoceras jurense Jeannet 1951
Metapeltoceras rollieri Jeannet 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available