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Metapronorites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Prolecanitida
Superfamily:
Medlicottioidea
Family:
Pronoritidae
Subfamily:
Pronoritinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Metapronorites LIBROVICH, 1938, p. 82
Type Species:
Pronorites uralensis var. timorensis HANIEL, 1915, p. 25, OD
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Fig. 122, 3a-c. *M. sakmarensis, a-b, X 0.7, c, diameter ranging 60-65 mm (Ruzhentsev, 1949a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (Serpukhovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
330.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (Serpukhovian)
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Conch discoidal, moderately evolute (U/D, commonly 0.1), with flat flanks and rounded to flat venter, characterized by suture with 26-32 lobes, including 7-9 pairs of external umbilically derived lobes and 3-5 pairs of internal umbilicals
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Prolecanitida
Superfamily:
Medlicottioidea
Family:
Pronoritidae
Subfamily:
Pronoritinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Metapronorites LIBROVICH, 1938, p. 82
Type Species:
Pronorites uralensis var. timorensis HANIEL, 1915, p. 25, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 122, 3a-c. *M. sakmarensis, a-b, X 0.7, c, diameter ranging 60-65 mm (Ruzhentsev, 1949a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (Serpukhovian)
Beginning International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
330.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mississippian (Serpukhovian)
Ending International Stage:
Serpukhovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
323.4
Description
Conch discoidal, moderately evolute (U/D, commonly 0.1), with flat flanks and rounded to flat venter, characterized by suture with 26-32 lobes, including 7-9 pairs of external umbilically derived lobes and 3-5 pairs of internal umbilicals