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Oppelia
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Haplocerataceae
Family:
Oppeliidae
Subfamily:
Oppeliinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Oppelia WAAGEN, 1869
Type Species:
Am. subradiatus J.deC. Sowerby, 1823, SD DOUVILLÉ, 1884 (ICZN Opinion 324)
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Fig. 319,1. *O. (O.) sub-
Synonyms
Pleuroxyites, Flexoxyites, Harpoxyites, Gonoxyites
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Afr.-Kenya-Sinai-Cauc.-Azerbaijan-Per-sia-Pamir-S.Alaska
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(M.Baj., sauzei z.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bajocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
33
Beginning Date:
170
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(U.Baj., parkinsoni z.)
Ending International Stage:
Bajocian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
168.17
Description
Compressed, involute, feebly keeled, with distant falcoid primary ribbing and close fine secondaries on ventrolateral edge
References
Waagen, Wilhelm, 1869, Die Formenreihe des Ammonites subradiatus: Geogn.-Paläont. Beitr., Band 2, Heft 2, p. 181-256, pl. 16-20.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Haplocerataceae
Family:
Oppeliidae
Subfamily:
Oppeliinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Oppelia WAAGEN, 1869
Type Species:
Am. subradiatus J.deC. Sowerby, 1823, SD DOUVILLÉ, 1884 (ICZN Opinion 324)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 319,1. *O. (O.) sub-
Synonyms
Pleuroxyites, Flexoxyites, Harpoxyites, Gonoxyites
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Afr.-Kenya-Sinai-Cauc.-Azerbaijan-Per-sia-Pamir-S.Alaska
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(M.Baj., sauzei z.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bajocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
33
Beginning Date:
170
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Jur.(U.Baj., parkinsoni z.)
Ending International Stage:
Bajocian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
168.17
Description
Compressed, involute, feebly keeled, with distant falcoid primary ribbing and close fine secondaries on ventrolateral edge
References
Waagen, Wilhelm, 1869, Die Formenreihe des Ammonites subradiatus: Geogn.-Paläont. Beitr., Band 2, Heft 2, p. 181-256, pl. 16-20.