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Manambolites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Acanthocerataceae
Family:
Sphenodiscidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Manambolites HOURCE, 1949, p. 111
Type Species:
M. piveteaui, OD
Images
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Fig. 158, 3a, b. *M. (P.) hourcqui (Collignon), X0.25 (Collignon, 1969)
Synonyms
Mzezzemceras
Geographic Distribution
Angola, Madagascar, Israel, Iran, Pakistan (Baluchistan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cretaceous (Lower Campanian)
Beginning International Stage:
Campanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
83.65
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Whorl section lanceolate or with fastigiate venter, body chamber with flat sides or inflated, smooth or with feeble, outer crescents and falcate striae
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Acanthocerataceae
Family:
Sphenodiscidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Manambolites HOURCE, 1949, p. 111
Type Species:
M. piveteaui, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 158, 3a, b. *M. (P.) hourcqui (Collignon), X0.25 (Collignon, 1969)
Synonyms
Mzezzemceras
Geographic Distribution
Angola, Madagascar, Israel, Iran, Pakistan (Baluchistan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cretaceous (Lower Campanian)
Beginning International Stage:
Campanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
83.65
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Whorl section lanceolate or with fastigiate venter, body chamber with flat sides or inflated, smooth or with feeble, outer crescents and falcate striae