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Cuccoceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Ceratitaceae
    Family:  
Balatonitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Cuccoceras DIENER, 1905
    Type Species:  
Trachyceras cuccense MOJSISOVICS, 1873


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Fossil Image
Fig. 186,2. °C. cucanse (Mo]s.), Alps; 2a-c, Xl (584°)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps-Yugo.-Himalaya-?Japan-Ne


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Anis.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Anisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
246.7
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Anis.
    Ending International Stage:  
Anisian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
241.46


Description

Compressed, whorl sides flattened, venter narrowly rounded, with ribs and constrictions that are continuous over venter, some forms also with tubercles on whorl sides




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