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Mayaites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Haplocerataceae
Family:
Mayaitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mayaites SPATH, 1924
Type Species:
*Am. maya J.DEC.SOWERBY, 1840
Images
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Fig. 359,1. *M. (M.) maya (Sow.), Cutch, 1 a-c, X0.25 (466*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Cutch
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Oxf.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
50
Beginning Date:
158.16
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Oxf.
Ending International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
154.78
Description
Giant, inflated, coarse-ribbed homeomorphs of Macrocephalites, with smooth outer whorl
References
Spath, L. F., 1924, On the ammonites of the Speeton Clay and the subdivisions of the Neocomian: Geol. Mag., v. 61, p. 73-89 (no illus.) Spath, L. F., 1924, The ammonites of the Blue Lias: Proc. Geol. Assoc., v. 35, p. 186-211, pl. 18.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Haplocerataceae
Family:
Mayaitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mayaites SPATH, 1924
Type Species:
*Am. maya J.DEC.SOWERBY, 1840
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 359,1. *M. (M.) maya (Sow.), Cutch, 1 a-c, X0.25 (466*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Cutch
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Oxf.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
50
Beginning Date:
158.16
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Oxf.
Ending International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
154.78
Description
Giant, inflated, coarse-ribbed homeomorphs of Macrocephalites, with smooth outer whorl
References
Spath, L. F., 1924, On the ammonites of the Speeton Clay and the subdivisions of the Neocomian: Geol. Mag., v. 61, p. 73-89 (no illus.) Spath, L. F., 1924, The ammonites of the Blue Lias: Proc. Geol. Assoc., v. 35, p. 186-211, pl. 18.