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Hantkeniceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Phyllocerataceae
    Family:  
Phylloceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Hantkeniceras KOVACS, 1939
    Type Species:  
"Phylloceras hantkeni Schloenbach, 1867 (fig\'d. PRINZ, 1904)"


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Fig. 218,1. *H. hantkeni (Schloen.), Hung., 1 a-c, X0.25 (357*)"


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Hung., Ger.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Jur.(U.Pliensb.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Pliensbachian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
50
    Beginning Date:  
188.55
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Jur.(U.Pliensb.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Pliensbachian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
184.2


Description

Large, smooth, evolute, whorls somewhat quadrate, flatsided. Sutures rather simple, with 1st lateral lobe shorter than 2nd lateral.




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