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Emilites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Adrianitoidea
Family:
Adrianitidae
Subfamily:
Adrianitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Emilites RUZHENTSEV, 1938, p. 265
Type Species:
Paralegoceras incertum BÖSE, 1919, p. 100, OD
Images
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Fig. 78, 4a-c. *E. incertus (BöSE), Virgilian, western Texas, a-b, X 2, c, diameter at 10 mm (Miller & Furnish, 1940a).
Synonyms
Paralegoceras incertum; Plummerites
Geographic Distribution
USA (Texas, Oklahoma), Canada (Arctic Archipelago, Ellesmere Island), Russia and Kazakhstan (Southern Urals), Tajikistan (Pamir), Uzbekistan (Fergana), southern China (Guangxi)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Pennsylvanian (upper Moscovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
309.78
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cisuralian (Sakmarian)
Ending International Stage:
Sakmarian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
290.51
Description
Conch globular with small umbilicus (U/D, commonly 0.1), and scalloped transverse sculpture. Suture comprises two pairs of external lateral lobes and two pairs of internal laterals. External suture characterized by irregularly denticulate third lateral saddle across umbilical wall. Sutural formula: (V1 V1 )LU:U1 ID [Russian]. Seven species, representing primitive forms of subfamily.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Adrianitoidea
Family:
Adrianitidae
Subfamily:
Adrianitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Emilites RUZHENTSEV, 1938, p. 265
Type Species:
Paralegoceras incertum BÖSE, 1919, p. 100, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 78, 4a-c. *E. incertus (BöSE), Virgilian, western Texas, a-b, X 2, c, diameter at 10 mm (Miller & Furnish, 1940a).
Synonyms
Paralegoceras incertum; Plummerites
Geographic Distribution
USA (Texas, Oklahoma), Canada (Arctic Archipelago, Ellesmere Island), Russia and Kazakhstan (Southern Urals), Tajikistan (Pamir), Uzbekistan (Fergana), southern China (Guangxi)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Pennsylvanian (upper Moscovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
309.78
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cisuralian (Sakmarian)
Ending International Stage:
Sakmarian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
290.51
Description
Conch globular with small umbilicus (U/D, commonly 0.1), and scalloped transverse sculpture. Suture comprises two pairs of external lateral lobes and two pairs of internal laterals. External suture characterized by irregularly denticulate third lateral saddle across umbilical wall. Sutural formula: (V1 V1 )LU:U1 ID [Russian]. Seven species, representing primitive forms of subfamily.