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Paranorites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ceratitina
Superfamily:
Noritaceae
Family:
Paranoritidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paranorites WAAGEN, 1895
Type Species:
P. ambiensis
Images
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Fig. 170,2. *P. ambiensis; 2a,b, X0.3;
2c, X0.7 (548*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SaltR.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth.(U.Gyronitan)
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
46.2
Beginning Date:
250.97
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth.(Flemingitan)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.9
Ending Date:
248.32
Description
Conch more or less involute, periphery narrowly rounded, sides slightly convex, umbilical wall high but rounded. Suture ceratitic, with ventral saddles and lobes more differentiated than in Ophiceras or Prionolobus.
References
Waagen, Wilhelm, 1895, Fossils from the Ceratite Formation: Same, ser. 13, Salt Range Fossils, v. 2, p. 1-323, pl. 1-40.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ceratitina
Superfamily:
Noritaceae
Family:
Paranoritidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paranorites WAAGEN, 1895
Type Species:
P. ambiensis
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 170,2. *P. ambiensis; 2a,b, X0.3;
2c, X0.7 (548*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SaltR.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth.(U.Gyronitan)
Beginning International Stage:
Induan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
46.2
Beginning Date:
250.97
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Scyth.(Flemingitan)
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
48.9
Ending Date:
248.32
Description
Conch more or less involute, periphery narrowly rounded, sides slightly convex, umbilical wall high but rounded. Suture ceratitic, with ventral saddles and lobes more differentiated than in Ophiceras or Prionolobus.
References
Waagen, Wilhelm, 1895, Fossils from the Ceratite Formation: Same, ser. 13, Salt Range Fossils, v. 2, p. 1-323, pl. 1-40.