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New ancyloceratidae (Ammonoidea) from the Aptian of the Ulyanovsk region, Middle Volga

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A new genus Pseudoancyloceras gen. nov. with the type species P. calinovense sp. nov. and five new species of Ancyloceratidae (Australiceras (Proaustraliceras) elegans sp. nov., Audouliceras vyrystaykense sp. nov., A. brusyankense sp. nov., A. mordovense sp. nov., Tropaeum (Tropaeum) elaurkense sp. nov.) are described from the Aptian of the Ulyanovsk region, Middle Volga.

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Original Russian Text © I.M. Stenshin, I.A. Shumilkin, G.N. Uspensky, 2014, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2014, No. 4, pp. 48–54.

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Stenshin, I.M., Shumilkin, I.A. & Uspensky, G.N. New ancyloceratidae (Ammonoidea) from the Aptian of the Ulyanovsk region, Middle Volga. Paleontol. J. 48, 389–395 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103011404011X

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