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Hildoglochiceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Haplocerataceae
    Family:  
Haploceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Hildoglochiceras SPATH, 1924
    Type Species:  
Hecticoceras latistrigatum UHLIG, 1903


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Fig. 315,9. *H. latistrigatum (Uhlig), Spiti sh., Himalaya, 9a,b, x0.7 (533*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Himalaya-Cutch-Tangan.-Madag. - Mex. - Cuba


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Jur.(U.Kimm.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Kimmeridgian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
50
    Beginning Date:  
152.01
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Jur.(L.Tithon.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Tithonian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
70
    Ending Date:  
144.94


Description

Very evolute, compressed, flat-sided, with deep median lateral groove and lappets, outer ribs steeply rursiradiate, as in Paroecotraustes




References

Uhlig, Victor, 1903-10, The fauna of the Spiti shales: Palaeont. Indica (XV), v. 4, fasc. 1-3, 511 p., 94 pl .


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