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Manchuroceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Endoceratoidea
    Order:  
Endocerida
    Family:  
Manchuroceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Manchuroceras OZAKI, 1927
    Type Species:  
Piloceras wolungense Kobayashi, 1931, SD KOBAYASHI, 1935


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Fossil Image
Fig. 117, 1a, b. M. excavatum Teichert, Tasm., dorsal and oral views of siphunc1e, Xl (236). -- Fig. 117,1c-e. M. steanei TEICHERT, Tasm.; ventral, oral, lat. views of siphunc1e, X1 (236). -- Fig. 117,1f-g. *M. woiungense (KOBAYASHI), Manchuria; 1f, endosiphotube with diaphragms, X7 (18); 1g, diagram. long. and transv. sees. (104).


Synonyms

Manchuriceras, Manchurocerus, Grabauoceras, Liaotungoceras


Geographic Distribution

USSR (Sib.), E.Asia, Australia (Tasm.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Ord. (U.Canad.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Floian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
477.08
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Ord. (U.Canad.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Floian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
471.26


Description

Medium-sized, straight or very slightly endogastrically curved brevicones, Siphuncle large, surrounded by camerae from beginning; septal necks probably long; endosiphuncular wedge on ventral side of endosiphocone, resulting in somewhat crescent-shaped cross section of latter, triradiate endosiphuncular blades; endosiphuncular tube dorsal of center, crossed by closely spaced partitions.




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