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Cheiloceras
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Clymeniida
Superfamily:
Cheilocerataceae
Family:
Tornoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cheiloceras FRECH, 1897
Type Species:
Gon. subpartitus MÜNSTER, 1839
Images
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Fig. 51. "c. (C.) subpartitum (MUNSTER), V.Dev., Ger.; X I (100). --Fig. 25C. C. (C.) sp., V.Dev., Ger.; enlarged (73)
Synonyms
Eucheiloceras, Cheilocerotes
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia-N.Afr.-W.Austra
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 subglobular to thickly lenticular, umbilicus closed. Lateral and dorsal lobes of sutures variable
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Clymeniida
Superfamily:
Cheilocerataceae
Family:
Tornoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cheiloceras FRECH, 1897
Type Species:
Gon. subpartitus MÜNSTER, 1839
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 51. "c. (C.) subpartitum (MUNSTER), V.Dev., Ger.; X I (100). --Fig. 25C. C. (C.) sp., V.Dev., Ger.; enlarged (73)
Synonyms
Eucheiloceras, Cheilocerotes
Geographic Distribution
Eurasia-N.Afr.-W.Austra
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 subglobular to thickly lenticular, umbilicus closed. Lateral and dorsal lobes of sutures variable