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Strenoceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Ceratitida
    Suborder:  
Ammonitina
    Superfamily:  
Perisphinctaceae
    Family:  
Parkinsoniidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Strenoceras HYATT, 1900
    Type Species:  
Am. niortensis d'Orbigny, 1846 (=Am. bajocensis DEFRANCE, 1830)


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Fig. 381,1. *S. bajocense (Defr.), Fr., 1a,b, holotype, x1 (675*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.-N.Afr.-Cauc.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Baj.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Bajocian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
45
    Beginning Date:  
169.67
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Baj.
    Ending International Stage:  
Bajocian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
168.17


Description

Ribs very strong, sharp, straight, mostly simple, with lateral and ventral tubercles, aperture with lappets




References

Hyatt, Alpheus, 1900, Cephalopoda: in Zittel, K. A., Textbook of Palaeontology, 1st English ed., transl. Eastman, C. R., p. 502-592, fig. 1049-1235.


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