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Jovites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Tropitaceae
    Family:  
Haloritidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Jovites MOJSISOVICS, 1893
    Type Species:  
*Tropites dacus Mojs., 1875, SD DIENER, 1915


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Fossil Image
Fig. 204,11. *I. dacus (Mojs.), Carn., Alps, 11a,b, x0.5, 11c, x1.5 (292*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps, Sicily, Balkan, Himalaya, Timor, 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:  
Nor.
    Ending International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
205.74


Description

Like Halorites but with faint keel-like ridge on venter and fewer elements in suture




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