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Celtites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Tropitaceae
    Family:  
Celtitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Celtites MOJSISOVICS, 1882
    Type Species:  
Trachyceras epolensis Mojs., 1878, SD Hyatt & SMITH, 1905


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Fossil Image
Fig. 202,4. *C. epolensis (Mojs.), x1 (293*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps


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:  
M.Trias.(Ladin.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Ladinian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
237


Description

Whorl section subquadrate, venter arched, smooth, sides with numerous fine prorsiradiate ribs.




References

Mojsisovics, E. V., 1882, Die Cephalopoden der mediterranen Triasprovinz: Same, Band 10, p. 1-322, pl. 1-94.


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