Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5786404 Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 2017 23 Pages PDF
Abstract
Members of the ammonite family Stephanoceratidae from the Middle Jurassic, Lower Bajocian, Laeviuscula to Humphriesianum zones of South West England are revised. These comprise faunas resulting from periodic migrations and possibly hybridization. The taxonomic positions of Teloceras Mascke, 1907, Kumatostephanus Buckman, 1922, Gibbistephanus Buckman, 1928 and Pseudoteloceras Pavia and Fernández-López, 2016 are considered in the light of new research. A new subfamily Kumatostephaninae is erected and hypotheses are presented regarding the evolution of some Early Bajocian stephanoceratids. Pseudoteloceras digbyi sp. nov. represents the earliest 'Teloceras-like' morphology from the late Sauzei Zone. Refinement is made of the scheme of faunal horizons for the Lower Bajocian.
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