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Flemingites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Noritaceae
Family:
Flemingitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Flemingites WAAGEN, 1892
Type Species:
*Ceratites flemingianus DEKONINCK, 1863
Images
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Fig. 168, 4. F. radiatus Wangen, Flemingitan, SaltR., 4 a, b, X0.5 (548*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Salt R.-Madag.-Timor.-Ida.-Mont.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth. (Flemingitan)
Beginning International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
249.88
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth. (Owenitan)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.9
Ending Date:
248.32
Description
Ribbing prominent and generally also strigation, venter rounded to subtruncate. Suture ceratitic but more advanced than in Gyronitidae.
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Noritaceae
Family:
Flemingitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Flemingites WAAGEN, 1892
Type Species:
*Ceratites flemingianus DEKONINCK, 1863
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 168, 4. F. radiatus Wangen, Flemingitan, SaltR., 4 a, b, X0.5 (548*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Salt R.-Madag.-Timor.-Ida.-Mont.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth. (Flemingitan)
Beginning International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
249.88
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth. (Owenitan)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.9
Ending Date:
248.32
Description
Ribbing prominent and generally also strigation, venter rounded to subtruncate. Suture ceratitic but more advanced than in Gyronitidae.