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Irinoceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Goniatitida
    Suborder:  
Tornoceratina
    Superfamily:  
Prionoceratoidea
    Family:  
Prionoceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Irinoceras RUZHENTSEV, 1947c, p. 281
    Type Species:  
I. arcuatum RUZHENTSEV, 1947c, p. 283, OD


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Fossil Image
F i G . 2,5a–d. I. stevanovici K ullmann , holotype, Družetić, Serbia, Serpukhovian, MHN S9; a–c, ×2; d, suture at 12 mm diameter, ×1.4 (Stevanović & Kullmann, 1962).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Serbia, South Urals, Tajikistan, China (Xinjiang), Algeria, Morocco, Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), Canada (British Columbia), USA (Arkansas, Michigan)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian-Serpukhovian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tournaisian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
66
    Beginning Date:  
351
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian-Serpukhovian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Serpukhovian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
323.4


Description

Thickly discoidal, involute, with narrow or punctiform umbilicus. Growth lines coarse, rectilinear, convex, with deep hyponomic sinus. No ribs, constrictions, grooves, or spiral ornamentation. Ventral lobe pouched.




References



Museum or Author Information

Stevanović & Kullmann, 1962