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Uhligites

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Cephalopoda
    Order:  
Ammonitida
    Superfamily:  
Haplocerataceae
    Family:  
Oppeliidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Uhligites KILIAN, 1907
    Type Species:  
Streblites krafti Uhlig, 1903, SD ROMAN, 1938


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Fossil Image
Fig. 336,1. *U. kraffti (Uhlig), Spiti sh., 1a,b, X0.3 (533*)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

U.Jur.(Tithon.) , Himalaya-Madag.-Indon.- N.Am.-Mex.; L.Cret.(U.Valang.) , Madag


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Jur.(Tithon.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Tithonian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
45
    Beginning Date:  
149.24
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Cret.(U.Valang.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Valanginian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
132.6


Description

Differs from Streblites by its rounded venter, obsolescent ribbing, and very elaborate sutures with enormous 1st lateral lobe




References

Kilian, Wilfred, 1907-13, Unterkreide (Palaeocretacicum): in Frech, F., Lethaea Geognostica, II, Mesozoicum, Band 3 (Kreide), Lief. 1 Kilian, Wilfred, , p. 1-168; Lief. 2 Kilian, Wilfred, , p. 169-287, pl. 1-8; Lief. 3 Kilian, Wilfred, , p. 289-398, pl. 9-14.


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