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On Jurassic Ammonites from East Africa, collected by Prof. J. W. Gregory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

L. F. Spath
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Description.—This specimen is characterized by a subrectangular whorl-section with depressed venter, which is peculiar to Fontannes's group of “Phylloceras” tortisulcatum. The greatest thickness of the whorls is near the umbilical margin, but the sides are almost parallel and the ventral area is evenly convex, not flattened. The ratio of height to thickness is about 7: 6, as compared with 4: 3 in Sowerbyceras tortisulcatum, according to Pompeckj, and with 8: 7 at most in S. protortisulcatum Pompeckj sp. The umbilicus is comparatively large and deep; its walls are rounded and not abrupt. There are about four constrictions to the whorl, beginning as conspicuous grooves with a forward bend at the umbilicus, but becoming less distinct on the lateral area. After bending back again they become once more pronounced, passing across the periphery with a sinus that is concave forwards.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 57 , Issue 8 , August 1920 , pp. 351 - 362
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1920

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