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Elobiceras
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Acanthocerataceae
Family:
Brancoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Elobiceras SPATH, 1921a, p. 306
Type Species:
Schloenbachia elobiensis SZAJNOCHA, 1885, p. 235, OD
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F ig . 112,6. *E. (E.) elobiense (SZAJNOCHA), Angola; ×0.5 (Szajnocha, 1885).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Angola, southern India, Nigeria, Texas
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Upper Albian)
Beginning International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
50
Beginning Date:
106.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Upper Albian)
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Rather evolute and compressed, with numerous clavi or spiral notches on the ribs
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Acanthocerataceae
Family:
Brancoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Elobiceras SPATH, 1921a, p. 306
Type Species:
Schloenbachia elobiensis SZAJNOCHA, 1885, p. 235, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
F ig . 112,6. *E. (E.) elobiense (SZAJNOCHA), Angola; ×0.5 (Szajnocha, 1885).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Angola, southern India, Nigeria, Texas
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Upper Albian)
Beginning International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
50
Beginning Date:
106.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Upper Albian)
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
100.5
Description
Rather evolute and compressed, with numerous clavi or spiral notches on the ribs