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Anotoceras
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Otocerataceae
Family:
Otoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Anotoceras HYATT, 1900
Type Species:
Prosphingites nala Diener, 1897 (holotype, Diener's pl. 1, fig. 4, SD SPATH, 1930)
Images
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Fig. 162,7. *A. nala (Diener), 7a,b, x1 (102*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Himalaya
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Trias.(Scyth.)
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Trias.(Scyth.)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
246.7
Description
Evolute, reduced otoceratids with rounded or bluntly fastigate venter
References
Hyatt, Alpheus, 1900, Cephalopoda: in Zittel, K. A., Textbook of Palaeontology, 1st English ed., transl. Eastman, C. R., p. 502-592, fig. 1049-1235.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Otocerataceae
Family:
Otoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Anotoceras HYATT, 1900
Type Species:
Prosphingites nala Diener, 1897 (holotype, Diener's pl. 1, fig. 4, SD SPATH, 1930)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 162,7. *A. nala (Diener), 7a,b, x1 (102*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Himalaya
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Trias.(Scyth.)
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
251.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Trias.(Scyth.)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
246.7
Description
Evolute, reduced otoceratids with rounded or bluntly fastigate venter
References
Hyatt, Alpheus, 1900, Cephalopoda: in Zittel, K. A., Textbook of Palaeontology, 1st English ed., transl. Eastman, C. R., p. 502-592, fig. 1049-1235.