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Lyelliceratidae and Flickiidae (Ammonoidea) from the Upper Albian of the Helvetic Shelf (western Alps, France and Switzerland)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

W. J. Kennedy  and
M. Delamette
W. J. Kennedy
Affiliation:
Geological Collections, University Museum, Parks Road, OX1 3PW, U.K.
M. Delamette
Affiliation:
Rue Emile Nicolet, 3, 1205 Genève, Switzerland
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Abstract

The condensed Upper Albian to Lower Cenomanian deposits of the Helvetic Shelf of France and Switzerland yield diverse ammonite faunas including representatives of the family Lyelliceratidae, subfamily Stoliczkaiinae that is the origin of the Upper Cretaceous Acanthoceratidae and its descendants, as well as representatives of the dwarf stoliczkaiine offshoot, the family Flickiidae, subfamily Salaziceratinae. The following are described and referred to the Upper Albian Mortoniceras inflatum Zone: Neophlycticeras (N.) brottianum (d'Orbigny, 1841), N. (N.) rhodanense Delamette, 1983, N. (Protissotia) itierianum (d'Orbigny, 1841), and Zuluscaphites helveticus n. sp. From the Upper Albian Stoliczkaia dispar Zone come Neophlycticeras (N.) blancheti (Pictet and Campiche, 1859), N. (Paradolphia) priscum Casey, 1965, Stoliczkaia (5.) notha (Seeley, 1865), S. (S.) tenuis Renz, 1968, S. (Lamnayella) tetragona Neumayr, 1875, Cenisella bonnetiana Pictet, 1847, Zuluscaphites orycteropusi Van Hoepen, 1955, Salaziceras (S.) salazacense (Hébert and Munier-Chalmas, 1875), and S. (S.) breistrofferi Scholz, 1979. The Lower Cenomanian Mantelliceras mantelli Zone, Neostlingoceras carcitanense Subzone yields Stoliczkaia (Stoliczkaia) villoutreysi Casey, 1965, S. (Lamnayella) tetragona Neumayr, 1875, and S. (Shumarinaia) hashimotoi Matsumoto and Inoma, 1975.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 68 , Issue 6 , November 1994 , pp. 1263 - 1284
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