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Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum
Taxonomy
Phylloceras ellipticum was named by Kossmat (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Hypophylloceras ellipticum by Young (1977); it was recombined as Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum by Wright and Kennedy (1984).
It was recombined as Hypophylloceras ellipticum by Young (1977); it was recombined as Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum by Wright and Kennedy (1984).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Phylloceras ellipticum Kossmat p. 107 figs. pl. 15, fig. 2 |
| 1977 | Hypophylloceras ellipticum Young p. 263 figs. Pl 2, figs 23,24 |
| 1984 | Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum Wright and Kennedy p. 39 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum Kossmat 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Albian | Virgin Islands, U.S. | Hypophylloceras ellipticum (209728) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Tunisia | Phylloceras ellipticum (178213) |