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Ambites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Noritaceae
Family:
Gyronitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ambites WAAGEN, 1895
Type Species:
A. discus
Images
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Fig. 167,2. *A. discus, 2a,b, x0.5 (548*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SaltR
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth.(Flemingitan)
Beginning International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
249.88
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth.(Flemingitan)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.9
Ending Date:
248.32
Description
More involute, compressed discoidal, with moderately small umbilicus, venter tabulate. Suture subgoniatitic.
References
Waagen, Wilhelm, 1895, Fossils from the Ceratite Formation: Same, ser. 13, Salt Range Fossils, v. 2, p. 1-323, pl. 1-40.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Noritaceae
Family:
Gyronitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ambites WAAGEN, 1895
Type Species:
A. discus
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 167,2. *A. discus, 2a,b, x0.5 (548*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SaltR
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth.(Flemingitan)
Beginning International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
249.88
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth.(Flemingitan)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.9
Ending Date:
248.32
Description
More involute, compressed discoidal, with moderately small umbilicus, venter tabulate. Suture subgoniatitic.
References
Waagen, Wilhelm, 1895, Fossils from the Ceratite Formation: Same, ser. 13, Salt Range Fossils, v. 2, p. 1-323, pl. 1-40.