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Hungarites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Ceratitaceae
    Family:  
Hungaritidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Hungarites MOJSISOVICS, 1879
    Type Species:  
Ceratites mojsisovicsi Roth, 1871 (=Ceratites zalaensis BOECKH, 1873)


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Fossil Image
Fig. 187,5. H. yatesi Hyatt & Smith, Calif.; 5a,b, Xl; 5c, X2 (203°)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps-Sp.-Balkan-Asia M.-Himalaya-N. Sib.-B. C.-Calif.-Nev.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Trias.(Anis.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Anisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
246.7
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Trias.(Ladin.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Ladinian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
237


Description

Involute platycone, with high median keel on subtabulate venter, ventral shoulders usually well marked, smooth or with sigmoidal ribs. Suture ceratitic to subammonitic




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