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Beloceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Agoniatitida
    Superfamily:  
Pharcicerataceae
    Family:  
Beloceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Beloceras HYATT, 1884
    Type Species:  
Gon. sagittarius SANDB.S., 1851


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Fossil Image
Fig. 35D. *B. sagittarium (Sandb.-S.), Ger., x1 (68)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eurasia, N.Afr., N.Y.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Frasnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
378.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Dev.
    Ending International Stage:  
Famennian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
359.3


Description

Conch lenticular, umbilicus moderately small. Suture forms series of adventitious lobes within ventral lobe and series of auxiliaries




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