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Tirolites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Ceratitaceae
Family:
Tirolitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tirolites MOJSISOVICS, 1879
Type Species:
Ceratites idrianus Hauer, 1865, SD Hyatt & SMITH, 1905
Images
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Fig. 180,4. *T. idrianus (Hauer), Yugo., 4 a, b, X0.7 (293*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps, Balkan, S. Russ., Himalaya, Ida.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Scyth.
Beginning International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
249.88
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Scyth.
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
246.7
Description
Whorl rectangular, venter broadly rounded or tabulate, with tubercles on ventral shoulders, ribs commonly on whorl sides. Suture with large 1st lateral lobe, goniatitic or ceratitic, and small goniatitic 2nd lateral on umbilical wall.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Ceratitaceae
Family:
Tirolitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tirolites MOJSISOVICS, 1879
Type Species:
Ceratites idrianus Hauer, 1865, SD Hyatt & SMITH, 1905
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 180,4. *T. idrianus (Hauer), Yugo., 4 a, b, X0.7 (293*)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Alps, Balkan, S. Russ., Himalaya, Ida.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Scyth.
Beginning International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
249.88
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Scyth.
Ending International Stage:
Olenekian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
246.7
Description
Whorl rectangular, venter broadly rounded or tabulate, with tubercles on ventral shoulders, ribs commonly on whorl sides. Suture with large 1st lateral lobe, goniatitic or ceratitic, and small goniatitic 2nd lateral on umbilical wall.