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Cladiscites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Arcestaceae
    Family:  
Cladiscitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Cladiscites MOJSISOVICS, 1879
    Type Species:  
Am. tornatus Bronn, 1832, SD DIENER, 1915


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Fig. 210,2. *C. tornatus (Bronn), Nor., Alps-Timor, 2 a, b, X0.7, 2 c, X1.5 (292*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps, Sicily, Balkan, Himalaya, Timor, Alaska, Kotelny


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.(Carn.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
237
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.(Rhaet.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Rhaetian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
201.36


Description

Strigate, whorl section subrectangular. Suture ammonitic with bifid saddles




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