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Gonionotites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Tropitaceae
    Family:  
Haloritidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Gonionotites GEMMELLARO, 1905
    Type Species:  
G. italicus


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Fig. 205,3. G. megasthenis Diener, Nor., Timor, 3 a, b, X0.5 (115*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Sicily, Alps, Himalaya, Timor, B.C., Calif.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carn.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
237
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Nor.
    Ending International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
205.74


Description

Inner volutions like Juvavites, body chamber inflated, smooth, with only traces of ribs




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