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Eophyllites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Phyllocerataceae
Family:
Ussuritidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eophyllites SPATH, 1930
Type Species:
Monophyllites dieneri ARTHABER, 1908
Images
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Fig. 215,1. *E. dieneri (Arth.), Albania, * (22*).
Synonyms
Monophyllites (Schizophyllites)
Geographic Distribution
Albania, Chios, Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Trias.(U.Scyth.)
Beginning International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
249.88
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Trias.(U.Scyth.)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
246.7
Description
Evolute, compressed, discoidal, with subtrigonal whorl section, arched venter, flattened sides, with nearly radial growth lines and indistinct folds. Suture with shallow wide ventral lobe, which tends to be divided by short rounded saddle, long 1st lateral lobe, saddle monophyllic
References
Spath, L. F., 1930, The Eotriassic invertebrate fauna of East Greenland: Meddel. om Grønland, Band 83, p. 1-90, pl. 1-12.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Phyllocerataceae
Family:
Ussuritidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eophyllites SPATH, 1930
Type Species:
Monophyllites dieneri ARTHABER, 1908
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 215,1. *E. dieneri (Arth.), Albania, * (22*).
Synonyms
Monophyllites (Schizophyllites)
Geographic Distribution
Albania, Chios, Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Trias.(U.Scyth.)
Beginning International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
249.88
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Trias.(U.Scyth.)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
246.7
Description
Evolute, compressed, discoidal, with subtrigonal whorl section, arched venter, flattened sides, with nearly radial growth lines and indistinct folds. Suture with shallow wide ventral lobe, which tends to be divided by short rounded saddle, long 1st lateral lobe, saddle monophyllic
References
Spath, L. F., 1930, The Eotriassic invertebrate fauna of East Greenland: Meddel. om Grønland, Band 83, p. 1-90, pl. 1-12.