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Anderssonoceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Otocerataceae
    Family:  
Otoceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Anderssonoceras GRABAU, 1924
    Type Species:  
Glyphioceras (Anderssonoceras) anfuense


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Fig. 162,8. *A. anfuense (629*)


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Geographic Distribution

China


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Perm.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Wuchiapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
259.55
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Small smooth like Prototoceras, with flared umbilical shoulders, venter low, arched, with low median keel, ventral shoulders angular. Suture goniatitic with narrow lobes




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