Macroscaphites Meek, 1876, a heteromorph ammonite from the Lower Aptian of southern Mozambique and northern KwaZulu-Natal

Macroscaphites soaresi (Da Silva 1962) is described from the Lower Aptian of southern Mozambique and northern KwaZulu. Macroscaphites and Costidiscus are regarded as a dimorphic pair. Apart from dubious records from Antarctica, these are the only records of Macroscaphites/Costidiscus from the southe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kennedy, W, Klinger, H, Kakabadze, M
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:679466f6-94f0-4c59-a64f-edf06fa71774
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Summary:Macroscaphites soaresi (Da Silva 1962) is described from the Lower Aptian of southern Mozambique and northern KwaZulu. Macroscaphites and Costidiscus are regarded as a dimorphic pair. Apart from dubious records from Antarctica, these are the only records of Macroscaphites/Costidiscus from the southern hemisphere.