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Leiophyllites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Phyllocerataceae
    Family:  
Ussuritidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Leiophyllites DIENER, 1915
    Type Species:  
Monophyllites suessi MOJSISOVICS, 1882


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Fig. 215,6. * L. suessi (Mojs.), Anis., Eu.-Asia, 6a,b, *, * (293*).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-Asia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Trias.(U. Scyth.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Olenekian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
249.88
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Trias.(Anis.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Anisian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
241.46


Description

Serpenticone, generally smooth with simple monophyllic suture




References

Diener, Carl, 1915, Fossilium Catalogus, pt. 8, Cephalopoda Triadica: W. Junk (Berlin), 369 p.


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