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Paratropites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Tropitaceae
    Family:  
Tropitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Paratropites MOJSISOVICS, 1893
    Type Species:  
*Am. saturnus DITTMAR, 1866


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Fossil Image
Fig. 200,9. *P. saturnus (Dittmar), Alps, 9a,b, x1 (292*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Alps, Sicily, Italy, Yugo, Hung, Himalaya, Indochina, Timor, Calif


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carn.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
237
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carn.
    Ending International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
227.3


Description

Involute, laterally compressed, mature and early stages similar




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