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Metasibirites pusillus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Metasibiritidae

Taxonomy
Metasibirites pusillus was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North end of Brock Mountain (Juvavites subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. tolimensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Metasibirites pusillus Smith p. 65 figs. Pl 61, figs 1-7

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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
speciespusillus

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 pusillus Smith 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available