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Tofangoceras
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Nautiloidea
Order:
Orthocerida
Superfamily:
Pseudorthocerataceae
Family:
Proteoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tofangoceras KOBAYASHI, 1927, p. 189
Type Species:
T. pauciannulatum, OD
Images
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Fig. 185, 6. *T. pauciannulatum, Korea, nat. long. sec., x1 (101)
Synonyms
Pseudeskimoceras, Kogenoceras, Tofangocerina, Toufangocerina
Geographic Distribution
USA (N.Y.), Asia (S. Manchuria - Korea - Siberia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
458.18
Description
Like Stereoplasmoceras, but surficially annulated
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Nautiloidea
Order:
Orthocerida
Superfamily:
Pseudorthocerataceae
Family:
Proteoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tofangoceras KOBAYASHI, 1927, p. 189
Type Species:
T. pauciannulatum, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 185, 6. *T. pauciannulatum, Korea, nat. long. sec., x1 (101)
Synonyms
Pseudeskimoceras, Kogenoceras, Tofangocerina, Toufangocerina
Geographic Distribution
USA (N.Y.), Asia (S. Manchuria - Korea - Siberia)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
458.18
Description
Like Stereoplasmoceras, but surficially annulated