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Ammonellipsites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Pericycloidea
Family:
Pericyclidae
Subfamily:
Ammonellipsitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ammonellipsites PARKINSON, 1822, p. 164
Type Species:
Ellipsolites funatus Sowerby, 1814, p. 81, SD SCHINDEWOLF, 1951b, p. 309
Images
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Fig. 18, 4a-c. A. kochi (HolZAPFEL), a-b, Liebstein, Erdbach limestone, Rhenish Massif, Germany, upper Tournaisian, X 1 (Holzapfel, 1889), c, suture, Casa de la Vega formation, Guadalmez, Sierra Morena, Spain, upper Tournaisian, MGUV 7564, X 2.4 (Pardo Alonso & Kullmann, 2002).
Synonyms
Kaypericyclus; Eurycyclus
Geographic Distribution
France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Russia (North Urals), Spain, Algeria, Morocco, China (Xizang), Kyrgyzstan (Tian Shan), Australia (New South Wales), USA (Kansas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
351
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (lowermost Visean Osagean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
17
Ending Date:
343.94
Description
Conch form thickly discoidal to globular, with wide or moderately narrow umbilicus, Sculpture with prominent, usually simple ribs, constrictions may be present, Ventral lobe with diverging sides, median saddle elevated to a fourth or a third of entire ventral lobe
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Pericycloidea
Family:
Pericyclidae
Subfamily:
Ammonellipsitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ammonellipsites PARKINSON, 1822, p. 164
Type Species:
Ellipsolites funatus Sowerby, 1814, p. 81, SD SCHINDEWOLF, 1951b, p. 309
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 18, 4a-c. A. kochi (HolZAPFEL), a-b, Liebstein, Erdbach limestone, Rhenish Massif, Germany, upper Tournaisian, X 1 (Holzapfel, 1889), c, suture, Casa de la Vega formation, Guadalmez, Sierra Morena, Spain, upper Tournaisian, MGUV 7564, X 2.4 (Pardo Alonso & Kullmann, 2002).
Synonyms
Kaypericyclus; Eurycyclus
Geographic Distribution
France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Russia (North Urals), Spain, Algeria, Morocco, China (Xizang), Kyrgyzstan (Tian Shan), Australia (New South Wales), USA (Kansas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
351
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (lowermost Visean Osagean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
17
Ending Date:
343.94
Description
Conch form thickly discoidal to globular, with wide or moderately narrow umbilicus, Sculpture with prominent, usually simple ribs, constrictions may be present, Ventral lobe with diverging sides, median saddle elevated to a fourth or a third of entire ventral lobe