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Parkinsonia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Suborder:  
Ammonitina
    Superfamily:  
Perisphinctaceae
    Family:  
Parkinsoniidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Parkinsonia BAYLE, 1878
    Type Species:  
Am. parkinsoni J.Sowerby, 1821, SD H.DOUVILLÉ, 1879


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Fossil Image
Fig. 384,6. *P. (P.) parkinsoni (Sow.), U.Baj., Eng., 6a,b, holotype, x0.3 (595*).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Afr.-Donetz-Crimea-Cauc.-Azerbaijan-Persia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Baj.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bajocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
45
    Beginning Date:  
169.67
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Bath.
    Ending International Stage:  
Bajocian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
168.17


Description

Compressed, with strong, sharp, biplicate ribbing, which persists to end, with or without lateral tubercles, ?no lappets




References



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