''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular
ammonite (suborder
Ammonitina
Ammonitina comprises a diverse suborder of ammonite cephalopods that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of the Mesozoic Era. They are excellent index fossils, and it is often possible to link the rock layer in which they are found t ...
) belonging to the
vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the
Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Epoch, or a stage in the Upper Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 93.9 ± 0.8 Ma and 89.8 ± 1 Ma (million years ago). The Turonian is preceded b ...
stage of the
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', the ...
, 92-88 Ma ago.
The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 cm (3.47 in) in diameter, typically with blunt umbilical tubercles from which spring 2 or three ribs each, but which are lost in the late growth stage. The suture is ammonitic with long spikey lobes and saddles with rounded subelements.
Species
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Fagesia catinus
''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago.
The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...
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Mantell 1822 -
Loma Gorda Formation
The Loma Gorda Formation ( es, Formación Loma Gorda, Kl, Kslg) is a fossiliferous geological formation of the Upper Magdalena Valley (VSM) and surrounding Central and Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, extending from Cundinamarca in the nor ...
, Colombia
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Fagesia fleuryi
''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago.
The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...
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Pervinquière 1907
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Fagesia peroni
''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago.
The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...
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Pervinquière 1907
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Fagesia pervinquieri
''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago.
The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...
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Bose 1920
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Fagesia rudra
''Fagesia rudra'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family. This species lived during the Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceous Ep ...
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Stoliczka 1865
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Fagesia spheroidalis
''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago.
The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...
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Pervinquière 1907
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Fagesia superstes
''Fagesia superstes'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family. This species lived during the Turonian
The Turonian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the second age in the Late Cretaceou ...
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Kossmat 1897
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Fagesia tevesthensis
''Fagesia'' is a small, subglobular ammonite (suborder Ammonitina) belonging to the vascoceratid family of the Acanthocerataceae that lived during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous, 92-88 Ma ago.
The shell of ''Fagesia'' is about 9.5 ...
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Peron 1896
Distribution
Fossils of ''Fagesia'' have been found in Brazil, Colombia (
El Colegio
El Colegio () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca.
Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
{{Cundinamarca-geo-stub ...
,
Cundinamarca,
La Frontera (
Cundinamarca, Huila and
Boyacá),
[Blanco et al., 2004, p.26] and
Loma Gorda Formation
The Loma Gorda Formation ( es, Formación Loma Gorda, Kl, Kslg) is a fossiliferous geological formation of the Upper Magdalena Valley (VSM) and surrounding Central and Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, extending from Cundinamarca in the nor ...
s,
Aipe
Aipe is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. It is located on the west bank of the Magdalena River in the Central Ranges of the Colombian Andes at altitudes between . Aipe borders Natagaima, Ataco and Planadas of the depart ...
,
Huila),
[Patarroyo, 2011] Egypt, France, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Romania, the Russian Federation, Tunisia, United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas), and Venezuela.
[''Fagesia'']
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Ammonitida genera
Acanthoceratoidea
Cretaceous ammonites
Ammonites of Africa
Ammonites of Europe
Cretaceous France
Ammonites of North America
Cretaceous Mexico
Cretaceous United States
Ammonites of South America
Cretaceous Brazil
Cretaceous Colombia
Fossils of Colombia
Cretaceous Venezuela
Turonian life
Fossil taxa described in 1907
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