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Metapeltoceras
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Perisphinctaceae
Family:
Aspidoceratidae
Subfamily:
Peltoceratina
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Metapeltoceras SPATH, 1931 [Subgen. Of Peltoceras.]
Type Species:
Am. armiger J.deC. SOWERBY, 1840
Images
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Fig. 442,9. *P. (M.) armiger (Sow.), Cutch, 9a,b, × 0.25 (466*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Madag.-Cutch.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(U.Callov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
70
Beginning Date:
162.66
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(U.Callov.)
Ending International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
161.53
Description
Differs from Peltoceras (s.s.) in developing inner lateral tubercles before outer. [Subgen. Of Peltoceras.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Perisphinctaceae
Family:
Aspidoceratidae
Subfamily:
Peltoceratina
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Metapeltoceras SPATH, 1931 [Subgen. Of Peltoceras.]
Type Species:
Am. armiger J.deC. SOWERBY, 1840
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 442,9. *P. (M.) armiger (Sow.), Cutch, 9a,b, × 0.25 (466*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Madag.-Cutch.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(U.Callov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
70
Beginning Date:
162.66
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(U.Callov.)
Ending International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
161.53
Description
Differs from Peltoceras (s.s.) in developing inner lateral tubercles before outer. [Subgen. Of Peltoceras.]