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Somoholites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Goniatitida
Superfamily:
Shumarditoidea
Family:
Somoholitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Somoholites RUZHENTSEV, 1938, p. 280
Type Species:
Gastrioceras beluense HANIEL, 1915, p. 54, OD
Images
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Fig. 83, 3a-c. *S. beluensis (Haniel), Somohole beds, Asselian-Sakmarian, Timor, a-b, X 1, c, diameter at 30 mm (Saunders, 1971).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Ellesmere Island, Yukon), Kazakhstan (Southern Urals), Russia (Urals, Verkhoian, Okhotskii Massif), Tajikistan (Pamir), China (Xinjiang, Guizhou)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Pennsylvanian (Moscovian Desmoinesian)
Beginning International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
315.15
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cisuralian (Artinskian Aktastinian Substage)
Ending International Stage:
Artinskian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
283.3
Description
Somoholitids characterized by combination of strong longitudinal lirae and lobes (except U) that are inflated medially, but not to the extent of developing paired pouches. Thirteen named species.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Goniatitida
Superfamily:
Shumarditoidea
Family:
Somoholitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Somoholites RUZHENTSEV, 1938, p. 280
Type Species:
Gastrioceras beluense HANIEL, 1915, p. 54, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 83, 3a-c. *S. beluensis (Haniel), Somohole beds, Asselian-Sakmarian, Timor, a-b, X 1, c, diameter at 30 mm (Saunders, 1971).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Ellesmere Island, Yukon), Kazakhstan (Southern Urals), Russia (Urals, Verkhoian, Okhotskii Massif), Tajikistan (Pamir), China (Xinjiang, Guizhou)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Pennsylvanian (Moscovian Desmoinesian)
Beginning International Stage:
Moscovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
315.15
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cisuralian (Artinskian Aktastinian Substage)
Ending International Stage:
Artinskian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
283.3
Description
Somoholitids characterized by combination of strong longitudinal lirae and lobes (except U) that are inflated medially, but not to the extent of developing paired pouches. Thirteen named species.