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Syngastrioceras

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Goniatitida
    Superfamily:  
Gastrioceratoidea
    Family:  
Glaphyritidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Syngastrioceras LIBROVICH, 1938, p. 81
    Type Species:  
Gastrioceras orientale YIN, 1935, p. 19, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 49, 3a-c. *S. orientale (YIN), holotype, northwest of Wangjiapa, Guizhou, China, Moscovian, a-b, X 1 (Yin, 1935), c, suture, enlarged, magnification not stated (Yin, 1935, adapted by Bogoslovskii, Librovich, & Ruzhentsev, 1962).--FIG. 49, 3d. S. globosum (Easton), suture, Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, Cane Hill Member, Hale Formation, basal Morrowan, SUI 34143, diameter at 25 mm, X 2.4 (Saunders, 1971).-Fig. 49, 3e. S. sp., cross section, Confusion Range, Utah, Chainman Shale, Chesterian, GPIT 1418/1104, X 2.8 (Kullmann & Scheuch, 1972).


Synonyms

Pseudoglaphyrites; Neogastrioceras


Geographic Distribution

Belgium, Great Britain, France, Spain, Algeria, Russia (Novaia Zemlia, South Urals), Ukraine (Donets), Kazakhstan (South Urals), Kyrgyzstan (Fergana), Tajikistan (Hissar Mountains, Pamirs), Uzbekistan (Kyzylkumi, Tian Shan), China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Xinjiang), Japan, Canada (Northwest Territories), USA (Arkansas, Illinois, Nevada, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mississippian (Serpukhovian)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Serpukhovian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
330.34
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Pennsylvanian (Moscovian)
    Ending International Stage:  
Moscovian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
307.02


Description

Conch form pachycone to globular, umbilicus moderately wide to narrow. Constrictions may be present on internal mold. Suture line similar to Glaphyrites, but first lateral saddle subacute to acute on adult stages.




References



Museum or Author Information

GPIT, Yin, 1935, Yin, 1935, adapted by Bogoslovskii, Librovich, & Ruzhentsev, 1962, Saunders, 1971, Kullmann & Scheuch, 1972