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23 June 2023 Mosirites, a New Cretaceous Heteromorph Ammonoid Genus from Hokkaido, Japan
Yasunari Shigeta, Tomohiro Nishimura, Masataka Izukura
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Abstract

A new genus Mosirites is herein erected for a Cretaceous heteromorph ammonoid that ranges from the upper Albian to the lower Cenomanian of Hokkaido. The new genus differs from previously described genera of the family Anisoceratidae by its large, loosely coiled, early helical whorls followed by loosely coiled elliptical planispiral whorls. Two new species, M. serpentiformis sp. nov. and M. mirabilis sp. nov., are described from the upper Albian and the upper Albian to lower Cenomanian interval, respectively. Mosirites was probably derived from Anisoceras during late Albian time and flourished during late Albian to early Cenomanian time in the North Pacific region.

Yasunari Shigeta, Tomohiro Nishimura, and Masataka Izukura "Mosirites, a New Cretaceous Heteromorph Ammonoid Genus from Hokkaido, Japan," Paleontological Research 28(2), 174-189, (23 June 2023). https://doi.org/10.2517/PR220032
Received: 4 November 2022; Accepted: 3 May 2023; Published: 23 June 2023
KEYWORDS
ammonoid
Anisoceratidae
Cretaceous
Hokkaido
Mosirites
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