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Paradimorphoceras
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Dimorphoceratoidea
Family:
Dimorphoceratidae
Subfamily:
Glyphiolobinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paradimorphoceras RUZHENTSEV, 1947a, p. 522
Type Species:
Goniatites looneyi PHILLIPS, 1836, p. 236, OD
Images
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Fig. 25, 1a-c. *P. looneyi (Phillips), lectotype (Moore, 1958, p. 222), Crimsworth Dean near Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England, Millstone grit, Kinderscoutian, IGS (GSM) 70235, a-b, X 6, c, suture, X 10 (Manger, new).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Belgium, Great Britain, China (?Xinjiang)
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 form similar to Anthracoceras, branches of ventral lobe bifid, adventitious lobe irregularly subdivided, adventitious lobe never deeper than ventral lobe
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Goniatitida
Suborder:
Goniatitina
Superfamily:
Dimorphoceratoidea
Family:
Dimorphoceratidae
Subfamily:
Glyphiolobinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paradimorphoceras RUZHENTSEV, 1947a, p. 522
Type Species:
Goniatites looneyi PHILLIPS, 1836, p. 236, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 25, 1a-c. *P. looneyi (Phillips), lectotype (Moore, 1958, p. 222), Crimsworth Dean near Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England, Millstone grit, Kinderscoutian, IGS (GSM) 70235, a-b, X 6, c, suture, X 10 (Manger, new).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Belgium, Great Britain, China (?Xinjiang)
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 form similar to Anthracoceras, branches of ventral lobe bifid, adventitious lobe irregularly subdivided, adventitious lobe never deeper than ventral lobe