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  • Hyperlioceras discites (Waagen 1867)


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    Ludwigia

    Taxonomy

    Ammonite

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Cephalopoda
    Order: Ammonitida
    Family: Graphoceratidae
    Genus: Hyperlioceras
    Species: Hyperlioceras discites
    Author Citation Waagen 1867

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Middle
    International Age: Early Bajocian

    Stratigraphy

    Achdorf Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    discites Zone

    Provenance

    Collector: Roger Furze
    Date Collected: 05/16/2009
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Diameter: 8 cm

    Location

    Scheffheu Section
    Wutachtal
    Baden-Wuerttemberg
    Germany

    Comments

    Calcite mold of the phragmocone with beautifully marked septal suture lines. A small group of tube worms also colonized the shell after death.




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