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Acrocanites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Tornoceratina
Superfamily:
Karagandoceratoidea
Family:
Prodromitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Acrocanites SCHINDEWOLF, 1922, p. 15
Type Species:
A. multilobatus, OD
Images
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Fig. 8, 3a-b. *A. multilobatus, holotype, Geodes horizon, Zadelsdorf, Thuringia, Germany, ?middle Tournaisian, Museum Gera, a, side view of internal mold, X 3, b, suture, X 5 (Schindewolf, 1939b).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Belgium, Germany, Algeria
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (middle Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
33
Beginning Date:
355.15
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (middle Tournaisian-upper Tournaisian)
Ending International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
346.73
Description
Conch form similar to Prodromites, but with moderately wide umbilicus, Six or seven regular lanceolate lobes on flanks
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Tornoceratina
Superfamily:
Karagandoceratoidea
Family:
Prodromitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Acrocanites SCHINDEWOLF, 1922, p. 15
Type Species:
A. multilobatus, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 8, 3a-b. *A. multilobatus, holotype, Geodes horizon, Zadelsdorf, Thuringia, Germany, ?middle Tournaisian, Museum Gera, a, side view of internal mold, X 3, b, suture, X 5 (Schindewolf, 1939b).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Belgium, Germany, Algeria
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (middle Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
33
Beginning Date:
355.15
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (middle Tournaisian-upper Tournaisian)
Ending International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
346.73
Description
Conch form similar to Prodromites, but with moderately wide umbilicus, Six or seven regular lanceolate lobes on flanks