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Ectocentrites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Lytocerataceae
    Family:  
Ectocentritidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Ectocentrites CANAVARI, 1888
    Type Species:  
Am. petersi Hauer, 1856, SD BONARELLI, 1900


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Fossil Image
Fig. 223,5. *E. petersi (Hauer), 5a,b, X 0.3 (550*)


Synonyms

Cosmolytoceras


Geographic Distribution

Aus.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Hett.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Hettangian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
201.36
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Hett.
    Ending International Stage:  
Hettangian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
199.46


Description

Ribs fine to medium, venter broad, smooth, flattened, whorls quadrate or rounded, no constrictions




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