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Margaritropites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Tropitaceae
Family:
Tropitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Margaritropites DIENER, 1916
Type Species:
Anatropites margaritiformis DIENER, 1906
Images
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Fig. 200,7. *M. margaritiformis (Diener) 7 a, b, X0.7 (103*).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Himalaya
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:
Carn.
Ending International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
227.3
Description
Like Hoplotropites but with large true umbilical tubercles and furrows bordering keel very low
References
Diener, Carl, 1916, Untersuchungen über die Wohnkammerlänge als Grundlage einer natürlichen Systematik der Ammoniten: Same, Sitzungsber., Abt. 1, Band 125, p. 253-309.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Tropitaceae
Family:
Tropitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Margaritropites DIENER, 1916
Type Species:
Anatropites margaritiformis DIENER, 1906
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 200,7. *M. margaritiformis (Diener) 7 a, b, X0.7 (103*).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Himalaya
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:
Carn.
Ending International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
227.3
Description
Like Hoplotropites but with large true umbilical tubercles and furrows bordering keel very low
References
Diener, Carl, 1916, Untersuchungen über die Wohnkammerlänge als Grundlage einer natürlichen Systematik der Ammoniten: Same, Sitzungsber., Abt. 1, Band 125, p. 253-309.