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Discotropites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Tropitaceae
Family:
Tropitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Discotropites Hyatt & SMITH, 1905
Type Species:
Am. sandlingensis HAUER, 1850
Images
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Fig. 200,3. *D. sandlingensis (Hauer), Alps-Sicily-Calif., 3 a-c, X0.5 (292*)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps, Sicily, Himalaya, Hungary, ?Indochina, Alaska, California
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
Involute compressed, discoidal, with acutely rounded venter and high hollow keel without bordering furrows, whorl sides with sigmoidal ribs, small umbilical tubercles and spiral lines Suture ammonitic
References
—, \& Smith, J. P., 1905, The Triassic cephalopod genera of America: U. S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Paper 40, p. 1-394, pl. 1-85.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Tropitaceae
Family:
Tropitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Discotropites Hyatt & SMITH, 1905
Type Species:
Am. sandlingensis HAUER, 1850
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 200,3. *D. sandlingensis (Hauer), Alps-Sicily-Calif., 3 a-c, X0.5 (292*)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps, Sicily, Himalaya, Hungary, ?Indochina, Alaska, California
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
Involute compressed, discoidal, with acutely rounded venter and high hollow keel without bordering furrows, whorl sides with sigmoidal ribs, small umbilical tubercles and spiral lines Suture ammonitic
References
—, \& Smith, J. P., 1905, The Triassic cephalopod genera of America: U. S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Paper 40, p. 1-394, pl. 1-85.