3D digital model database TYPE SPECIMENS of Cretaceous ammonoid in Japan

Scientific name Lytoceras crassum
Author Jimbo, 1894
Reference Palaeont. Abh., N. F., Vol. 2, No. 3, p. 181, pl. 6, fig. 5, 5a
Type specimen Holotype: UMUT MM7515 (= GT. I - 115)
Type locality A nodule in the river gravel of the Pombets River, a tributary of the Ikushumbets River, Mikasa City, Sorachi Province, central Hokkaido
Formation name Upper Yezo Group
Age Senonian, Upper Cretaceous
Remarks (= Tetragonites crassus (Jimbo, 1894)) / Remarks: The generic position of this species was transferred to Tetragonites by Matsumoto (1942, p. 672), who suggested this species as a variety of Epigoniceras glabrum (Jimbo, 1894). / Reference: Matsumoto, T., 1942. Proc. Imp. Acad. Tokyo, Vol. 18, 666 - 670. [see printed matter]
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