1970 Anthracoceratites Ramsbottom: 57.
1978 Anthracoceratites.-Ruzhentsev & Bogoslovskaia: 133.
Type species: Anthracoceratites deansi Ramsbottom, 1970, p.57 [OD].
B: Growth lines biconvex; ventro-lateral salient on the flanks rather prominent.
G: Lobes have the tendency to become denticulate.
[Assignment to family Dimorphoceratidae questionable; for discussion see RUZHENTSEV & BOGOSLOVSKAIA, 1978,
p.129: Anthracoceras is restricted to Serpukhovian, Anthracoceratites is Bashkirian in age. Gap: Homoceras Zone and lower Kinderscoutian].
| Suborder: |
Goniatitina
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| Superfamily: |
Dimorphoceratoidea
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| Family: |
Anthracoceratidae
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| Genus: | Anthracoceratites |
| Qualifier: | ge |
| Author: |
Ramsbottom 1970,p.57
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| Lower Boundary: |
Alportian--Kinderscoutian [ALP--KIN], 317 million years
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| Upper Boundary: |
Langsettian--Duckmantian, Westphal.A--B, 311.3 million years
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