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Pseudosageceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Prolecanitida
    Suborder:  
Prolecanitina
    Superfamily:  
Medlicottiaceae
    Family:  
Sageceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pseudosageceras DIENER, 1895
    Type Species:  
P. multilobatum NOETLING, 1905


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Synonyms

Frechiceras, Metasageceras


Geographic Distribution

W.USA-Greece


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Trias.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Induan
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
251.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Trias.
    Ending International Stage:  
Olenekian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
246.7


Description

Like Sageceras, Cordillerites Hyatt & Smith, 1905 * C. angulatus. Like Sageceras but umbilicus closed and sutures with lobes not subequal (Hyatt & Smith, 1905). L.Trias., W.USA-Greece.




References

Diener, Carl, 1895, The cephalopods of the Muschelkalk: India Geol. Survey Mem., Palaeont. Indica, ser. 15, v. 2, pt. 2, no. 1, p. 1-118, pl. 1-31. 1895, Triadische Cephalopodenfaunen der ostsibirischen Küstenprovinz: Mém. Com. géol. St. Pétersbourg, tome 14, p. 1-59, pl. 1-5.


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