Lutites Korn & Hairapetian, 2021

Korn, Dieter, Hairapetian, Vachik, Ghaderi, Abbas, Leda, Lucyna, Schobben, Martin & Akbari, Amir, 2021, The Changhsingian (Late Permian) ammonoids from Baghuk Mountain (Central Iran), European Journal of Taxonomy 776, pp. 1-106 : 76

Genus Lutites Korn & Hairapetian gen. nov.

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Type species

Lutites lyriformis Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov., Baghuk Mountain.

Diagnosis

Genus of the family Dzhulfitidae with large conch; maximum adult diameters about 140 mm. Adult stage with compressed, subtrapezoidal whorl profile; flanks concave, venter flat or concave. Subadult stage with conical ventrolateral nodes, adult stage with weak ribs or delicate plications. Suture line with deep external lobe (deeper than adventive lobe), ventral prongs unsubdivided or notched.

Etymology

Named after the Lut Desert, which extends to the North-East of Baghuk Mountain.

Included species

Alibashites stepanovi Korn & Ghaderi in Korn et al., 2016; Lutites paucis Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov.; Lutites alius Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov.; Lutites profundus Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov.; Lutites lyriformis Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov.; Lutites plicatus Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov.

Remarks

Lutites gen. nov. differs from Paratirolites and related genera in the compressed subtrapezoidal, pearshaped whorl profile and in the very deep external lobe.