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Subkargalites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Subclass:  
Ammonoidea
    Order:  
Goniatitida
    Suborder:  
Goniatitina
    Superfamily:  
Marathonitoidea
    Family:  
Marathonitidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Subkargalites RUZHENTSEV, 1950, p. 191
    Type Species:  
Marathonites Hargisi sic BÖSE, 1919, p. 144, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 98, 3a-f. *S. hargisi (Böse), lower Gaptank Formation, Missourian, western Texas, a-b, holotype, TMM-B36183 (Böse, 1919, pl. 7, 33-39), X 2, c-e, hypotype, YPM 12938B (external) and YPM 12938C (internal) (Miller, 1930, pl. 39, 1-5), X 1, f, diameter approximately 20 mm (new, suture courtesy of D. M. Work).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Karachatyr Range), Kasimovian


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Middle Pennsylvanian
    Beginning International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
315.15
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Cisuralian (Asselian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Asselian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
293.52


Description

Ancestral marathonitids, similar to Kargalites, but dorsal lobe broad and deeply tripartite (D2 D1 D2 ) to conch diameters exceeding 2 cm. Four named species.




References



Museum or Author Information

Böse, 1919, Miller, 1930