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Nannoceratopsis gracilis ssp. gracilis

Nannoceratopsis gracilis ssp. gracilis

Autonym. Redundant.
Holotype: Alberti, 1961, pl.7, fig.17
Locus typicus: Hildesheim, Germany
Stratum typicum: Bajocian
Translation Alberti, 1961: LPP

Original description: Alberti 196, p. 30: Nannoceratopsis? gracilis
Diagnosis: Shell flattened, outline rounded pentagonal. Lateral sides often convex. Apical horn small, mostly offset. Strong antapical horns not equal in length, diverging and distally narrowing quickly, the tips slightly blunt. Without cingulum. Surface of the shell bearing a net-like sculpture.
Additions: the antapical horns are often shaped like a gothic arch, and mostly one horn is reduced. The short apical horn is distally blunt.
Dimensions: Holotype: length 78 Ám, width 52Ám. Other specimens: length 72-77 Ám, width 47-51 Ám (11 specimens).
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