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Halorites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Tropitaceae
    Family:  
Haloritidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Halorites MOJSISOVICS, 1879
    Type Species:  
Am. ramsaueri Hauer, 1846, SD Hyatt & SMITH, 1905


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Fig. 204,10. * H. ramsaueri (Hauer), Alps, 10a,b, X0.3, 10c, *


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps-Sicily-Himalaya-Timor-Calif.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Nor.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
227.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Nor.
    Ending International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
205.74


Description

Involute, compressed, subglobose, venter rounded, sides convex, with radial ribs or rows of tubercles diagonal across shell, body chamber long, contracted, excentric. Suture ammonitic




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