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Epimayaites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Haplocerataceae
    Family:  
Mayaitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Epimayaites SPATH, 1928
    Type Species:  
*Stephanoceras transiens WAAGEN, 1875


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Fig. 360,1. *M. (E.) transiens (Waagen), Cutch, 1 a, b, X0.3 (546*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Cutch


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Oxf.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Oxfordian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
50
    Beginning Date:  
158.16
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Oxf.
    Ending International Stage:  
Oxfordian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
154.78


Description

Ribbing projected on venter, sutures simpler than in Mayaites (s.s.), some species appear to be transitional from Pachyceras. [Subgen. of Mayaites.]




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