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Metabelemnites

Cephalopoda - Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae

Taxonomy
Metabelemnites is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Atractites philippii.

It was assigned to Xiphoteuthididae by Jeletzky (1966); and to Aulacocerida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Belemnococeras Popov
1966Metabelemnites Jeletzky p. 28
2002Metabelemnites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderAulacoceratidaStolley 1919
familyXiphoteuthididae(Naef 1922)
genusMetabelemnites

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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Metabelemnites philippii Hyatt and Smith 1905
Invalid names: Belemnococeras Popov 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available