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Maconiceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Eoderocerataceae
    Family:  
Hildoceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Maconiceras BUCKMAN, 1926
    Type Species:  
M. vigoense


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Fossil Image
Fig. 290,2. *M. vigoense, 2 a, b, X1 (65*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Toarc.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Toarcian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
184.2
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Toarc.
    Ending International Stage:  
Toarcian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
50
    Ending Date:  
179.45


Description

Venter becoming carinate-bisulcate and ending in long rostrum, ribbing similar to that of Lioceratoides, fading on gentle umbilical slope




References



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