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Inyoites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Noritaceae
    Family:  
Xenoceltitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Inyoites Hyatt & SMITH, 1905
    Type Species:  
I. oweni


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Fig. 169,5. *I. oweni, Calif., 5a,b, x0.7, 5c, x2 (203*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Calif., ?Indochina


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Scyth.(Owenitan)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Olenekian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
249.88
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Scyth.(Owenitan)
    Ending International Stage:  
Olenekian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
48.9
    Ending Date:  
248.32


Description

Platy cones with high hollow keel and distinct umbilical shoulder, radial ribs that diminish toward compressed venter




References

—, \& Smith, J. P., 1905, The Triassic cephalopod genera of America: U. S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Paper 40, p. 1-394, pl. 1-85.


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