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Sonninia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Eoderocerataceae
    Family:  
Sonniniidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Sonninia BAYLE, 1879
    Type Species:  
Waagenia propinquans BAYLE, 1878


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Fig. 310,1. *S. (S.) propinquans (Bayle), Fr., 1 a, b, X1 (586*)


Synonyms

Stiphromorphites, Sherbornites, Sonnites


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Afr.-Madag.-Cauc.-Azerbaijan-Persia-Tibet-W. Austral.-S.Alaska-Can.-Ore.-Calif.-S.Am.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Baj.(concauum z., rare)-M.Baj.(sowerbyi z.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bajocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
170.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Baj.(sauzei z.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Bajocian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
66
    Ending Date:  
169.1


Description

Single-keeled planulates with strong irregular ribbing bearing median row of lateral tubercles at least on early to middle whorls, body chamber becoming more or less smooth




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