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Tulites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Steogabicerataceae
Family:
Tulitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tulites BUCKMAN, 1921
Type Species:
T. tula
Images
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Fig. 349,6. *T. (T.) tula, Eng., 6a,b, x0.5 (65*)
Synonyms
Tulophorites, Madarites, Sphaeromorphites
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-C.Arabia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Bath.
Beginning International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
40
Beginning Date:
167.02
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Bath.
Ending International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
80
Ending Date:
165.87
Description
Cadicones with open umbilicus and smooth, more or less contracted body chamber, and simple aperture, ribbing well differentiated into primaries and secondaries and tending to incipient tuberculation on umbilical edge
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ceratitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Steogabicerataceae
Family:
Tulitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Tulites BUCKMAN, 1921
Type Species:
T. tula
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 349,6. *T. (T.) tula, Eng., 6a,b, x0.5 (65*)
Synonyms
Tulophorites, Madarites, Sphaeromorphites
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-C.Arabia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Bath.
Beginning International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
40
Beginning Date:
167.02
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Bath.
Ending International Stage:
Bathonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
80
Ending Date:
165.87
Description
Cadicones with open umbilicus and smooth, more or less contracted body chamber, and simple aperture, ribbing well differentiated into primaries and secondaries and tending to incipient tuberculation on umbilical edge