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Stephanoceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Haplocerataceae
    Family:  
Stephanoceratidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Stephanoceras WAAGEN, 1869
    Type Species:  
Am. humphriesianus J.deC.SOWERBY, 1825; SD BUCKMAN, 1898 (ICZN Opinion 324)


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Fig. 342,1. *S. (S.) humphriesianum (Sow.), Eng., 1 a, b, holotype, x0.3 (595*)


Synonyms

Stepheoceras, Stephoceras, Grahamites, Kallistephanus, Rhytostephanus, Mollistephanus, Kreterostephanus, Brodiaeia


Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Afr.-Sinai-C.Arabia-Kenya-Cauc.-Azerbaijan-Persia-N.Guinea-Indon.-S.Alaska-Can.-S.Am.


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

Moderately stout tuberculate planulates, ribbing sharp, entire on the venter, aperture collared and lipped




References

Waagen, Wilhelm, 1869, Die Formenreihe des Ammonites subradiatus: Geogn.-Paläont. Beitr., Band 2, Heft 2, p. 181-256, pl. 16-20.


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