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Metasibirites spinescens

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Metasibiritidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites spinescens was named by Hauer (1855). It is the type species of Metasibirites.

It was recombined as Metasibirites spinescens by Spath (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Ammonites spinescens Hauer
1951Metasibirites spinescens Spath p. 104

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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
speciesspinescens(Hauer 1855)

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available