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Pleurocephalites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Haplocerataceae
Family:
Macrocephalitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pleurocephalites BUCKMAN, 1922 [Subgen. of Macrocephalites]
Type Species:
P. lophopleurus
Images
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Fig. 352,9. *M. (P.) lophopleurus, Eng., x0.3 (65*).
Synonyms
Platystomaceras
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Russia-?N.Afr.-Kenya-Madag.-Cauc.-Cutch-Baluch-Greenl.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Callov.
Beginning International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
165.29
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Callov.
Ending International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
163.41
Description
Depressed to cadicone, sharply ribbed to end of adult, umbilical edge rounded, ribbing rursiradiate on umbilical wall. [Subgen. of Macrocephalites]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Haplocerataceae
Family:
Macrocephalitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pleurocephalites BUCKMAN, 1922 [Subgen. of Macrocephalites]
Type Species:
P. lophopleurus
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 352,9. *M. (P.) lophopleurus, Eng., x0.3 (65*).
Synonyms
Platystomaceras
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Russia-?N.Afr.-Kenya-Madag.-Cauc.-Cutch-Baluch-Greenl.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Callov.
Beginning International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
165.29
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Callov.
Ending International Stage:
Callovian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
163.41
Description
Depressed to cadicone, sharply ribbed to end of adult, umbilical edge rounded, ribbing rursiradiate on umbilical wall. [Subgen. of Macrocephalites]