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Menabites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Acanthocerataceae
Family:
Collignoniceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Menabites COLLIGNON, 1948, p. 64 (19)
Type Species:
M. menabensis Collignon, 1948, p. 7 (64), SD WRIGHT, 1957b, p. 432 (diagnosis published in fascicle 13, first valid species referred to in fascicle 14)
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Fig. 152,3a,b. *M. (M.) menabensis, Campanian, Madagascar; ×1 (Collignon, 1948).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
France, Tunisia, South Africa (Zululand), Madagascar, Japan, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Delaware, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Mexico
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Santonian, Lower Campanian
Beginning International Stage:
Santonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
60
Beginning Date:
84.47
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Campanian
Ending International Stage:
Campanian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
65
Ending Date:
76.19
Description
Differs from Bevahites in persistence of early trituberculate stage to a diameter of 100 mm or more
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Acanthocerataceae
Family:
Collignoniceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Menabites COLLIGNON, 1948, p. 64 (19)
Type Species:
M. menabensis Collignon, 1948, p. 7 (64), SD WRIGHT, 1957b, p. 432 (diagnosis published in fascicle 13, first valid species referred to in fascicle 14)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 152,3a,b. *M. (M.) menabensis, Campanian, Madagascar; ×1 (Collignon, 1948).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
France, Tunisia, South Africa (Zululand), Madagascar, Japan, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Delaware, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Mexico
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Santonian, Lower Campanian
Beginning International Stage:
Santonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
60
Beginning Date:
84.47
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Middle Campanian
Ending International Stage:
Campanian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
65
Ending Date:
76.19
Description
Differs from Bevahites in persistence of early trituberculate stage to a diameter of 100 mm or more