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Metathisbites dawsoni

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Thisbitidae

Taxonomy
Buchites dawsoni was named by McLearn (1940) [Buchites hilaris var. dawsoni]. Its type specimen is GSC 8825 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Metathisbites.

It was recombined as Metathisbites dawsoni by Tozer (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Buchites dawsoni McLearn p. 49 figs. Pl 1, figs 4,5
1994Metathisbites dawsoni Tozer p. 232 figs. Pl 109, figs 11-13; pl 111, figs 7a,b; pl 117, figs 6a,b; text-figs 87i.j

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyThisbitidae
genusMetathisbites
speciesdawsoni(McLearn 1940)

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.

Metathisbites dawsoni McLearn 1940
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Diagnosis
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