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Metapeltoceras jurense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Metapeltoceras jurense was named by Jeannet (1951). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Herznach mine, bed F.2, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in Switzerland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Metapeltoceras jurense Jeannet p. 174 figs. Pl 91, fig 2; text-figs 407, 408

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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
speciesjurense

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Metapeltoceras jurense Jeannet 1951
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Diagnosis
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