Clivotirolites 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 : 61-62

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.776.1559
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5604787
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2F50EBFF-9384-40A5-84D9-573E68455DD2
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scientific name	Clivotirolites Korn & Hairapetian
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Clivotirolites Korn & Hairapetian gen. nov.

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Type species

Clivotirolites decoratus Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov., Baghuk Mountain.

Diagnosis

Representatives of the family Dzhulfitidae with large conch; maximum adult diameters are about 120 mm. Adult stage with trapezoidal whorl profile. Subadult stage with conical ventrolateral nodes, adult stage with weak ribs. Suture line protracted on the flanks, with deep external lobe; depths of external lobe and adventive lobe nearly identical.

Etymology

From the Latin ‘ clivus ’, meaning ‘oblique’, because of the suture line and the similarity with Tirolites and Paratirolites .

Included species

Clivotirolites decoratus Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov.; Clivotirolites petilus Korn & Hairapetian gen. et sp. nov.

Remarks

Clivotirolites gen. nov. differs from Paratirolites and related genera in the oblique protracting outline of the outer suture line.