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Arpadites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Clydonitaceae
    Family:  
Arpaditidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Arpadites Mojsisovics, 1879, *Am. arpadis Mojs., 1870, SD Hyatt & SMITH, 1905
    Type Species:  
Am. arpadis Mojs., 1870, SD Hyatt & SMITH, 1905


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Fig. 193,12. *A. arpadis (Mojs.), Ladin., Alps, 12a.b, X0.7 (293*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps, Italy, Balkan, Himalaya, Japan


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Trias.(Ladin.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Ladinian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
241.46
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.(Carn.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
227.3


Description

Compressed, discoidal, evolute, with radial or faintly sigmoidal ribs, ventral keels continuous, smooth, generally umbilical tubercles but lateral and ventrolateral tubercles may occur also. Suture ceratitic with 2 lateral lobes




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