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Hoplotropites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Tropitaceae
Family:
Tropitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hoplotropites SPATH, 1929 [pro Margarites Mojsisovics, 1889 (non Gray, 1847)]
Type Species:
Am. jokelyi HAUER, 1855
Images
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Fig. 200,8. *H. jokelyi (Hauer), Alps-Sicily-Alaska-Calif., 8 a, b, X0.7, 8 c, X0.3 (633*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps-Sicily-Himalaya-?Indochina-Timor-Alaska-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:
Carn.
Ending International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
227.3
Description
Evolute, whorl section subrectangular, venter broad, rounded, with keel, whorl sides with spines on ribs at umbilical or ventral shoulder or both. Suture ammonitic
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Tropitaceae
Family:
Tropitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hoplotropites SPATH, 1929 [pro Margarites Mojsisovics, 1889 (non Gray, 1847)]
Type Species:
Am. jokelyi HAUER, 1855
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 200,8. *H. jokelyi (Hauer), Alps-Sicily-Alaska-Calif., 8 a, b, X0.7, 8 c, X0.3 (633*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps-Sicily-Himalaya-?Indochina-Timor-Alaska-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:
Carn.
Ending International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
227.3
Description
Evolute, whorl section subrectangular, venter broad, rounded, with keel, whorl sides with spines on ribs at umbilical or ventral shoulder or both. Suture ammonitic