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Paratibetites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Clydonitaceae
Family:
Tibetitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paratibetites MOJSISOVICS, 1896
Type Species:
Tibetites (Paratibetites) bertrandi
Images
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Fig. 196,3. P. adolphi Mojs., Nor., Himalaya, *.
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Himalaya-Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Carn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Nor.)
Ending International Stage:
Norian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
205.74
Description
Like Tibetites in young, then ventral furrow appears bordered by distinct continuous keels, this followed by stage where ventral groove disappears and venter becomes obtusely rounded, ribbing and tuberculation decrease adorally. Suture ceratitic to ammonitic, more complex than in Tibetites
References
Mojsisovics, E. V., 1896, Beiträge zu Kenntnis der Obertriadischen Cephalopoden-fauna des Himalaya: Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr., Band 63, p. 575-701, pl. 1-22.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Clydonitaceae
Family:
Tibetitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paratibetites MOJSISOVICS, 1896
Type Species:
Tibetites (Paratibetites) bertrandi
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 196,3. P. adolphi Mojs., Nor., Himalaya, *.
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Himalaya-Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Carn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Nor.)
Ending International Stage:
Norian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
205.74
Description
Like Tibetites in young, then ventral furrow appears bordered by distinct continuous keels, this followed by stage where ventral groove disappears and venter becomes obtusely rounded, ribbing and tuberculation decrease adorally. Suture ceratitic to ammonitic, more complex than in Tibetites
References
Mojsisovics, E. V., 1896, Beiträge zu Kenntnis der Obertriadischen Cephalopoden-fauna des Himalaya: Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr., Band 63, p. 575-701, pl. 1-22.