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Acrochordiceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Suborder:  
Ceratitina
    Superfamily:  
Ceratitaceae
    Family:  
Acrochordiceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Acrochordiceras HYATT, 1877
    Type Species:  
A. hyalli MEEK, 1877


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Fig. 181,4. *A. (A.) hyatti, Nev., 4a,b, x0.7, 4 c, X1 (203)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eurasia-Timor-Calif.-Nev.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Anis.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Anisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
246.7
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Anis.
    Ending International Stage:  
Anisian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
241.46


Description

Suture simpler than in Silesiaerochordiceras.




References

Spath, L. F., 1934, The Jurassic and Cretaceous ammonites and belemnites of the Attock district: Palaeont. Indica, new ser., v. 20, mem. 4, p. 1-39, pl. 1-6.


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