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Pelekodites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Eoderocerataceae
    Family:  
Sonniniidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pelekodites BUCKMAN, 1923
    Type Species:  
P. pelekus


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Fig. 311,4. *P. pelekus, Eng., 4a,b, x1 (595*)


Synonyms

Nannoceras, Maceratites, Spatulites


Geographic Distribution

Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Baj.(sowerbyi z.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bajocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
33
    Beginning Date:  
170
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Baj.(sowerbyi z.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Bajocian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
66
    Ending Date:  
169.1


Description

Small to dwarf, evolute, with large spatulate lappets, ribbing rursiradiate in many.




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