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Timorites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Goniatitida
Superfamily:
Cycloloboidea
Family:
Cyclolobidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Timorites HANIEL, 1915, p. 108
Type Species:
T. curvicostatus Haniel, 1915, p. 109, SD DIENER, 1921, p. 25
Images
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Fig. 97a-b. *T. curvicostatus, Amarassi beds, Wuchiapingian, Soefa, Timor, lectotype (herein), PIUB 29b of Haniel (1915, pl. 52, 9a-c), X 2 (new), Fig. 97 c-i. T. schucherti Miller & Furnish, La Difunta beds, Capitanian, Coahuila, Mexico, c-f, X 2, g-h, X 1.2 (Miller, 1944), i, diameter at approximately 70 mm (Miller & Furnish, 1940a)
Synonyms
Hanieloceras; Wanneroceras; Subeothinites; Coahuiloceras
Geographic Distribution
Indonesia (Timor), USA (western Texas), Mexico (Coahuila), Russia (Maritime Territory, Amur), Azerbaijan, Iran (north, central), Tajikistan (?Pamir), China (Yunnan, Xizang), Japan (Kitakami)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Guadalupian (Capitanian)
Beginning International Stage:
Capitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
264.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lopingian (Wuchiapingian)
Ending International Stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
254.24
Description
Similar to Cyclolobus, but conch broader and commonly retaining ribs to maturity. External suture with 8 to 11 pairs of lobes to umbilical shoulders, and lacking a tertiary subdivision near crest of first lateral saddle. Seventeen named species.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Goniatitida
Superfamily:
Cycloloboidea
Family:
Cyclolobidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Timorites HANIEL, 1915, p. 108
Type Species:
T. curvicostatus Haniel, 1915, p. 109, SD DIENER, 1921, p. 25
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 97a-b. *T. curvicostatus, Amarassi beds, Wuchiapingian, Soefa, Timor, lectotype (herein), PIUB 29b of Haniel (1915, pl. 52, 9a-c), X 2 (new), Fig. 97 c-i. T. schucherti Miller & Furnish, La Difunta beds, Capitanian, Coahuila, Mexico, c-f, X 2, g-h, X 1.2 (Miller, 1944), i, diameter at approximately 70 mm (Miller & Furnish, 1940a)
Synonyms
Hanieloceras; Wanneroceras; Subeothinites; Coahuiloceras
Geographic Distribution
Indonesia (Timor), USA (western Texas), Mexico (Coahuila), Russia (Maritime Territory, Amur), Azerbaijan, Iran (north, central), Tajikistan (?Pamir), China (Yunnan, Xizang), Japan (Kitakami)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Guadalupian (Capitanian)
Beginning International Stage:
Capitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
264.34
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lopingian (Wuchiapingian)
Ending International Stage:
Wuchiapingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
254.24
Description
Similar to Cyclolobus, but conch broader and commonly retaining ribs to maturity. External suture with 8 to 11 pairs of lobes to umbilical shoulders, and lacking a tertiary subdivision near crest of first lateral saddle. Seventeen named species.