-
involute ammonoids on the serpenticone-spherocone
spectrum are
termed Cadicones.
Ammonites vary
greatly in the
ornamentation (surface relief) of their...
- Otoitidae,
which are
characterized by s**** that
begin as barrel-shaped
cadicones but
which become planulate later in life. Body
chambers are
reduced in...
- the
stephanoceratacean family, Macrocephalitidae.
Inner whorls form a
cadicone (a
barrel shape),
outer become more
compressed and smoother. Ribs are simple...
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belonging to this
genus have
evolute s**** of
small size.
Inner whorls are
cadicone,
while outer whorls are subquadrate. On
younger whorls, ribs are widely...
-
ribbed rounded whorls. The s**** is evolute,
early whorls a barrel-shaped
cadicone,
later become serpenticonic. Jur****ic of France,
Germany and
Spain Notes...
- to have
evolved from Porpoceras.
Ammonites belonging to this
genus have
cadicone s**** with depressed,
rounded whorl section. Some
species have almost...
- fine
ribbing that
includes may secondaries. It
begins as a
barrel shaped cadicone, with an eccentric, more or less
smooth body chamber.
Emileia is included...
- and gave rise to
subfamily Dactylioceratinae.
Ammonites with depressed,
cadicone, or even evolute,
serpenticone s****.
Tubercules might be present. Ribs...
-
stephanoceratoid ammonitina from the
early Middle Jur****ic that
begin as
cadicones but
become more
planualte with age;
derived from the Hammitoceratidae...
- Mesodactylites.
Ammonites belonging to this
genus have
moderately evolute to
cadicone s****.
Whorl section is
characterized by
depressed whorls with convex...
