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Amonotis

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Pteriomorphia
    Order:  
Pterioida
    Suborder:  
Pteriina
    Superfamily:  
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
    Family:  
Posidoniidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Amonotis KITTL, 1904, p. 736
    Type Species:  
A. cancellaria, M


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Fig. C68,1. *A. cancellaria, 1a,b, LV ext., RV ext., X1 (Kittl, 1904)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.(Yugosl.)


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.(Carn.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
237
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
U.Trias.(Carn.)
    Ending International Stage:  
Carnian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
227.3


Description

Ovate, almost circular, not oblique, no delimited wings, ornament of narrow concentric folds crossed by weak radial riblets




References



Museum or Author Information

Kittl, 1904