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Amaltheus margaritatus (de Montfort 1808)
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Taxonomy
Ammonite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Amaltheidae
Genus: Amaltheus
Species: Amaltheus margaritatus
Author Citation de Montfort 1808
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Late Pliensbachian
Stratigraphy
Amaltheenton-Formation
Biostratigraphy
margaritatus zone
Provenance
Collector: Roger Furze
Date Collected: 11/10/2001
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Location
Reichenbach
Aalen
Baden-Wuerttemberg
Germany
Comments
Pyritized steinkern with shell remnants. This species is the index fossil for the margaritatus zone.
Literature: Quenstedt, F.A. (1883-85): Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura. Bd.1 Der Schwarze Jura (Lias). Schweizerbart'sche Verlag.
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