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Joannites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Arcestaceae
Family:
Joannitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Joannites MOJSISOVICS, 1879
Type Species:
Nautilus cymbiformis WULFEN, 1793
Images
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Fig. 209,1. /. johannisaustriae (Klipstein), Carn., Alps-Greece-Rumania, 1 a, b, x0.25, 1 c, X0.5 (292*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps, Balkan, Turk, Himalaya, Timor, 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:
U.Trias.(Carn.)
Ending International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
227.3
Description
Very involute, surface smooth, conch with periodic constrictions. Suture ammonitic, multilobate, curved
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Arcestaceae
Family:
Joannitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Joannites MOJSISOVICS, 1879
Type Species:
Nautilus cymbiformis WULFEN, 1793
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 209,1. /. johannisaustriae (Klipstein), Carn., Alps-Greece-Rumania, 1 a, b, x0.25, 1 c, X0.5 (292*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps, Balkan, Turk, Himalaya, Timor, 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:
U.Trias.(Carn.)
Ending International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
227.3
Description
Very involute, surface smooth, conch with periodic constrictions. Suture ammonitic, multilobate, curved