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Beyrichoceratoides

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Goniatitida
    Superfamily:  
Pericycloidea
    Family:  
Muensteroceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Beyrichoceratoides BISAT, 1924, p. 88
    Type Species:  
Goniatites implicatus PHILLIPS, 1836, p. 235, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 20, 3a-c. *B. implicatus (Phillips), Oese, Rhenish Massif, Germany, lower Goniatites Zone, upper Visean, WMN 10009, a-b, X 2, c, suture of holotype B. truncatus Phillips, BMNH C240a, Bolland, Yorkshire, England, whorl height at 14.6 mm, X 1.6 (Korn, 1988b).


Synonyms

Eoglyphioceras


Geographic Distribution

Great Britain, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Algeria, Morocco, Russia (North Urals), USA (Kentucky)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
66
    Beginning Date:  
351
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mississippian (upper Visean)
    Ending International Stage:  
Visean
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
330.34


Description

Conch form discoidal, with extremely narrow umbilicus, Growth lines noncrenulate, biconvex, usually fine, with well-developed ventrolateral salient and deep hyponomic sinus, no spiral ornamentation, Constrictions may be present, Ventral lobe relatively narrow, with parallel, straight sides, and moderately low median saddle, First lateral saddle broadly rounded, adventitious lobe deep, almost symmetrical




References



Museum or Author Information

Korn, 1988