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Dimorphites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Tropitaceae
Family:
Haloritidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dimorphites MOJSISOVICS, 1893
Type Species:
Juvavites (Dimorphites) selectus
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Fig. 205.7. *D. selectus, Alps, 7a,b, x0.7 (292*).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps, Sicily, Greece, Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carn.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carn.
Ending International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
227.3
Description
Compressed, involute, discoidal, with narrow flattened venter, distinct angular ventral shoulders, whorl sides with sigmoidal ribs that may or may not cross venter, constrictions only on inner whorls
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Tropitaceae
Family:
Haloritidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dimorphites MOJSISOVICS, 1893
Type Species:
Juvavites (Dimorphites) selectus
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 205.7. *D. selectus, Alps, 7a,b, x0.7 (292*).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps, Sicily, Greece, Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carn.
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Carn.
Ending International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
227.3
Description
Compressed, involute, discoidal, with narrow flattened venter, distinct angular ventral shoulders, whorl sides with sigmoidal ribs that may or may not cross venter, constrictions only on inner whorls