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Tibetites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Clydonitaceae
Family:
Tibetitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tibetites MOJSISOVICS, 1896
Type Species:
*T. raylli, SD DIENER, 1915
Images
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Fig. 196,8. T. perrinsmithi Mojs., Nor., Himalaya, 8 a, b, X1 (295*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Himalaya-Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Carn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Nor.)
Ending International Stage:
Norian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
205.74
Description
Involute, compressed, with narrow venter bordered by 2 rows of clavi, with flexuous lateral ribs and spiral row of nodes at mid-section. Suture ceratitic with incipient adventitious lobule in 1st lateral saddle
References
Mojsisovics, E. V., 1896, Beiträge zu Kenntnis der Obertriadischen Cephalopoden-fauna des Himalaya: Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr., Band 63, p. 575-701, pl. 1-22.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Clydonitaceae
Family:
Tibetitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tibetites MOJSISOVICS, 1896
Type Species:
*T. raylli, SD DIENER, 1915
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 196,8. T. perrinsmithi Mojs., Nor., Himalaya, 8 a, b, X1 (295*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Himalaya-Timor
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Carn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Nor.)
Ending International Stage:
Norian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
205.74
Description
Involute, compressed, with narrow venter bordered by 2 rows of clavi, with flexuous lateral ribs and spiral row of nodes at mid-section. Suture ceratitic with incipient adventitious lobule in 1st lateral saddle
References
Mojsisovics, E. V., 1896, Beiträge zu Kenntnis der Obertriadischen Cephalopoden-fauna des Himalaya: Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr., Band 63, p. 575-701, pl. 1-22.