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Cymaceras (Trochiskioceras) bidenosum (Quenstedt 1857)
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By Ludwigia
Taxonomy
Ammonite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Glochiceratidae
Genus: Cymatoceras (Trochiskioceras)
Species: Cymaceras (Trochiskioceras) bidenosum
Author Citation Quenstedt 1857
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Early Kimmeridgian
Stratigraphy
Lacunosa-Mergel Formation
Biostratigraphy
hypselocylum zone
Provenance
Collector: Roger Furze
Date Collected: 08/18/2012
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Diameter: 1 cm
Location
Hausen i. Tal
Upper Danube Valley
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Germany
Comments
This little fellow is so small that I had to photograph it under the microscope. It's amazing that I found it at all. They don't get much bigger than this apparently. One of the dwarves under the ammonites. This is the microconch to Cymaceras guembeli.
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