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Metapeltoceras rollieri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metapeltoceras rollieri was named by Jeannet (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Willistrasse, bed C.3 (Rollier collection), which is in a Callovian carbonate limestone in Switzerland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Metapeltoceras rollieri Jeannet p. 174 figs. Pl 89, fig 1; text-fig 406

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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
speciesrollieri

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.

Metapeltoceras rollieri Jeannet 1951
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Diagnosis
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