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Erymnoceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Suborder:  
Ammonitina
    Superfamily:  
Steogabicerataceae
    Family:  
Pachyceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Erymnoceras HYATT, 1900
    Type Species:  
Am. coronatus BruGUiÈre in D'ORBIGNY, 1848


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Fig. 357,2. *E. (E.) coronatum (Brug.), Fr., x0.12 (330*)"


Synonyms

Doliolumites


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Afr.-Syria-C.Arabia-Crimea-Cauc.-C.Russia-Persia-Cutch-Mex.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Jur.(M. Callov.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Callovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
50
    Beginning Date:  
163.41
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Jur.(M. Callov.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Callovian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
70
    Ending Date:  
162.66


Description

Coronate, with tuberculate umbilical edge and strong ribbing, resembling inner whorls of Teloceras and Tulites. Outer whorl may become smooth and contracted.




References

Hyatt, Alpheus, 1900, Cephalopoda: in Zittel, K. A., Textbook of Palaeontology, 1st English ed., transl. Eastman, C. R., p. 502-592, fig. 1049-1235.


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