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Ramosites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Goniatitida
    Suborder:  
Goniatitina
    Superfamily:  
Neodimorphoceratoidea
    Family:  
Ramositidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Ramosites Ruzhentsev & BOGOSLOVSKAIA, 1969a, p. 62
    Type Species:  
R. ramosus Ruzhentsev & BOGOSLOVSKAIA, 1969a, p. 64, OD


Images

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Fossil Image
F ig . 43,1a–d. *R. ramosus; a–b, Sholak-Say Canyon, South Urals, Kazakhstan, PIN 455/38151, ×1; c, side view, PIN 455/38152, ×1.5; d, suture of holotype, PIN 455/85150, whorl height at 13.3 mm, whorl width 16.0 mm, ×2.3 (Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia, 1978).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Belgium, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Russia (South Urals), China (Guangxi, Ningxia, Xinjiang), Kazakhstan (South Urals), Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan (Fergana, Kyzylkumy)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bashkirian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
323.4
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Bashkirian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
315.15


Description

Conch form discoidal to subglobular, involute, Umbilicus moderately narrow to extremely narrow, Sculpture radial, flat costellae regularly dichotomizing on flanks, on later stages with ventral sinus, No umbilical tubercles, Ventral lobe wide, median saddle reaching two-thirds height of entire ventral lobe, Adventitious lobe broad, ampullaceous




References



Museum or Author Information

(Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia, 1978)