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Ferganoceras
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Neoglyphioceratoidea
Family:
Ferganoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ferganoceras LIBROVICH, 1957, p. 253
Type Species:
F. elegans LIBROVICH, 1957, p. 254, OD
Images
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Fig. 42, 1a-c. * F. elegans, Dombar Hills, South Urals, Kazakhstan, a-b, side view, PIN 455/6231, X 1.5, c, suture, PIN 455/6158, whorl height at 8.2 mm , whorl width 8.4 mm, X 3 (Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia, 1971).
Synonyms
Ruddelites
Geographic Distribution
France, Algeria, China (Guangxi), Kazakhstan (South Urals), Uzbekistan (Fergana, Kyzylkumi, Tian Shan), USA (Arkansas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
335.91
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Conch form discoidal, moderately involute, umbilicus rather narrow. Sculpture consisting of faint growth lines with ventral and lateral sinus, crossing longitudinal lirae and ventrolateral grooves. Suture as in Neoglyphioceras.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Neoglyphioceratoidea
Family:
Ferganoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ferganoceras LIBROVICH, 1957, p. 253
Type Species:
F. elegans LIBROVICH, 1957, p. 254, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 42, 1a-c. * F. elegans, Dombar Hills, South Urals, Kazakhstan, a-b, side view, PIN 455/6231, X 1.5, c, suture, PIN 455/6158, whorl height at 8.2 mm , whorl width 8.4 mm, X 3 (Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia, 1971).
Synonyms
Ruddelites
Geographic Distribution
France, Algeria, China (Guangxi), Kazakhstan (South Urals), Uzbekistan (Fergana, Kyzylkumi, Tian Shan), USA (Arkansas)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
335.91
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
330.34
Description
Conch form discoidal, moderately involute, umbilicus rather narrow. Sculpture consisting of faint growth lines with ventral and lateral sinus, crossing longitudinal lirae and ventrolateral grooves. Suture as in Neoglyphioceras.