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Pinacoceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Superfamily:  
Pinacocerataceae
    Family:  
Pinacoceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pinacoceras MOJSISOVICS, 1873
    Type Species:  
Am. metternichi HAUER, 1846


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Geographic Distribution

Alps


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.(Nor.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
227.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.(Nor.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Norian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
205.74


Description

Venter acute, conch smooth. Suture represents acme of ammonite




References

Mojsisovics, E. V., 1873-1902, Das Gebirge um Hallstatt; Abt. 1, Die Cephalopoden der Hallstatter Kalke: Abhandl. geol. Reichsanst. Wien, Band 6, Heft 1, 2; Band 1, Suppl. Heft, p. 1-356, pl. 1-70 and 1-23 (Heft 1, p. 1-82, pls. 1-32, published in 1873; Heft 2, p. 83-174, pl. 33-70, in 1875; Suppl. Heft, p. 175-356, pl. 1-23, in 1902); p. 1-835, pl. 71-200, 1893.


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