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The Lazarus ammonoid family Goniatitidae, the tetrangularly coiled Entogonitidae, and Mississippian biogeography

Dieter Korn, Cristian Klug and Royal H. Mapes
The Lazarus ammonoid family Goniatitidae, the tetrangularly coiled Entogonitidae, and Mississippian biogeography
Journal of Paleontology (March 2005) 79 (2): 356-365

Abstract

A small early Late Visean (Mississippian) ammonoid assemblage with Entogonites saharensis new species and Goniatites lazarus new species is described from the eastern Anti-Atlas of Morocco, being the first African record of ENTOGONITES: The family Goniatitidae is a typical Lazarus taxon, which, after a gap representing approximately 10 million years, reappears in the fossil record. The genera Entogonites and Goniatites have a wide paleogeographic distribution (northwest Laurentia, northern and southern Variscides, north Gondwana). This indicates ammonoid cosmopolitism at the genus level at the end of the middle Visean, before late Visean ammonoid provinces formed. Entogonites with tetrangularly coiled juvenile whorls and with a low aperture probably had a planktonic life- style.


ISSN: 0022-3360
EISSN: 1937-2337
Coden: JPALAZ
Serial Title: Journal of Paleontology
Serial Volume: 79
Serial Issue: 2
Title: The Lazarus ammonoid family Goniatitidae, the tetrangularly coiled Entogonitidae, and Mississippian biogeography
Affiliation: Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
Pages: 356-365
Published: 200503
Text Language: English
Publisher: Paleontological Society, Lawrence, KS, United States
References: 64
Accession Number: 2005-022463
Categories: Invertebrate paleontology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 2 tables, sketch maps
N27°40'00" - N32°04'60", W13°15'00" - W02°00'00"
Secondary Affiliation: Universitaet Zuerich, CHE, SwitzerlandOhio University, USA, United States
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States
Update Code: 200509

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