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Pseudotoites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Suborder:  
Ammonitina
    Superfamily:  
Steogabicerataceae
    Family:  
Otoitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Pseudotoites SPATH, 1939
    Type Species:  
Stephanoceras leicharti NEUMAYR, 1885


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Fig. 341,1. *P. leicharti (Neumayr), W.Austral., 1 a, b, X1 (667*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

W.Austral.-Indon.-S.Alaska-Can.-Arg.


Age Range

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


Description

Similar to Emileia but differs by possessing shorter primary ribs with tubercles or bullae on umbilical edge, as in Otoites, and retaining its long secondary ribbing to end. Aperture gently collared and lipped.




References

Spath, L. F., 1939, The Cephalopoda of the Neocomian Belemnite Beds of the Salt Range: Mem. Geol. Survey India, Paleont. Indica, new ser., v. 25, no. 1, 154 p., 25 pl.


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