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Metasibirites speratus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Metasibiritidae

Taxonomy
Metasibirites speratus was named by Tozer (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 71035 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 98559, Cairn 6266, which is in a Sevatian marine siliciclastic in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tolimensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Metasibirites speratus Tozer p. 261 figs. Pl 146, figs 14a-c; text-fig 119e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyMetasibiritidae
genusMetasibiritesMojsisovics 1896
speciessperatus

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.

†Metasibirites speratus Tozer 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available