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Ceratites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Ceratitaceae
    Family:  
Ceratitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Ceratites de HAAN, 1825
    Type Species:  
Am. nodosa Bruguière, 1792, SD SMITH, 1904


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Fig. 183,2. *C. nodosus (Brug.), Ger.-Fr., 2a-c, x0.7 (743*)


Synonyms

Haaniceras, Acanthoceratites, Cycloceratites, Doloceratites, Echinoceratites, Gymnoceratites, Hadroceratites, Hoploceratites, Nannoceratites, Opheoceratites, Patagioceratites, Phalacroceratites, Symboloceratites,, Archioceratites, Balioceratites, Pachyceratites


Geographic Distribution

Ger.-Fr.-Sp.-Sard.-Rumania


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Ladin.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Ladinian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
241.46
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Ladin.
    Ending International Stage:  
Ladinian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
237


Description

More or less evolute, robust, with coarse ornamentation usually persisting on body chamber




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