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Merocanites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Prolecanitida
Superfamily:
Prolecanitoidea
Family:
Prolecanitidae
Subfamily:
Protocanitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Merocanites SCHINDEWOLF, 1922, p. 15
Type Species:
Ellipsolites compressus SOWERBY, 1814, p. 84, OD
Images
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Fig. 119, 3a-c. M. applanatus (Frech), Crémenes, Pico Aguasalio, León, Spain, lower part of Alba Formation, upper part of lower Visean, a-b, side view, GPIT 1236/3, X 0.7, c, suture, GPIT 1236/2, whorl height at 31 mm , whorl width 17 mm, X 1 (Kullmann, 1963).
Synonyms
Erdbachites
Geographic Distribution
Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Algeria, Morocco, Iran, Kazakhstan (Karaganda, South Urals), China (Xinjiang, Xizang), Kyrgyzstan (Tian Shan), Australia (New South Wales), Canada (British Columbia), USA (Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian Pericyclus Zone-lower Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
351
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian Pericyclus Zone-lower Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
33
Ending Date:
341.32
Description
Conch form oval or with flattened flanks, Ten pointed lobes, ventral lobe rather short lanceolate or V-shaped, three lobes on flanks
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Prolecanitida
Superfamily:
Prolecanitoidea
Family:
Prolecanitidae
Subfamily:
Protocanitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Merocanites SCHINDEWOLF, 1922, p. 15
Type Species:
Ellipsolites compressus SOWERBY, 1814, p. 84, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 119, 3a-c. M. applanatus (Frech), Crémenes, Pico Aguasalio, León, Spain, lower part of Alba Formation, upper part of lower Visean, a-b, side view, GPIT 1236/3, X 0.7, c, suture, GPIT 1236/2, whorl height at 31 mm , whorl width 17 mm, X 1 (Kullmann, 1963).
Synonyms
Erdbachites
Geographic Distribution
Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Algeria, Morocco, Iran, Kazakhstan (Karaganda, South Urals), China (Xinjiang, Xizang), Kyrgyzstan (Tian Shan), Australia (New South Wales), Canada (British Columbia), USA (Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian Pericyclus Zone-lower Visean)
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
351
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (upper Tournaisian Pericyclus Zone-lower Visean)
Ending International Stage:
Visean
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
33
Ending Date:
341.32
Description
Conch form oval or with flattened flanks, Ten pointed lobes, ventral lobe rather short lanceolate or V-shaped, three lobes on flanks