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Arietoceltites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Tropitaceae
    Family:  
Tropiceltitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Arietoceltites DIENER, 1916
    Type Species:  
Tropiceltites arietitoides DIENER, 1906


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Fig. 201,4. *A. arietitoides (Diener), Himalaya, 4 a, b, X0.5 (103*)


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Geographic Distribution

Himalaya-Alps


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carn.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
237
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carn.
    Ending International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
227.3


Description

Very evolute forms with lateral sculpture strong and deep furrows bordering ventral keel. Suture simple, ceratitic




References

Diener, Carl, 1916, Untersuchungen über die Wohnkammerlänge als Grundlage einer natürlichen Systematik der Ammoniten: Same, Sitzungsber., Abt. 1, Band 125, p. 253-309.


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