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Hecticoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Taxonomy
Hecticoceras was named by Bonarelli (1893) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call-l J Call-u]. It is the type genus of Hecticoceratinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hecticoceratinae by Arkell et al. (1957), Cantu-Chapa (1962) and Parent (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Hecticoceras Bonarelli
1957Hecticoceras Arkell et al. p. 276
1962Hecticoceras Cantu-Chapa p. 33
2002Hecticoceras Sepkoski
2002Hectioceras Sepkoski
2006Hecticoceras Parent p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyHecticoceratinaeSpath 1925
genusHecticocerasBonarelli 1893

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.

G. †Hecticoceras Bonarelli 1893
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Subg. †Hecticoceras (Chanasia) Rollier 1922
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†Chanasia fornix Sowerby 1840
Invalid names: Jeannetia Collignon 1958 [replaced]
Subg. †Hecticoceras (Jeanneticeras) Zeiss 1956
†Hecticoceras hecticus Reinecke 1818
†Hecticoceras lairense Waagen 1875
Invalid names: Hectioceras [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1030.922.554.028.010.7
shell diameter1066.550.0103.060.519.5
shell inflation1014.410.026.013.84.55

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (90 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Argentina (Mendoza) H. sp. (136702)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India H. sp. (67393) H. sp., H. discoides, H. inermis, H. lairense (68653) H. sp., H. vijaya, H. dynastes, H. lairense (68657)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (California) H. sp. (163046)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3India H. sp., H. dhosaensis, H. dynastes, H. prelairense, H. lairense (68647) H. sp., H. subpunctata, H. sp., H. lairense (68644)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Chile (Antofagasta) H. sp. (172173)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar H. suborientale, Bonarellia fornix (98159) Jeannetia hourcqi (98165) Sublunuloceras lairense, Sublunuloceras discoides (234094) Sublunuloceras nodososulcatum (98130)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland H. hecticum (171556)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) H. proximum, H. sp. (135722)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Chanasia hartmanni, Chanasia ardescicum, Chanasia gevreyi (60536) Chanasia michalskii, Chanasia chanasiense, Chanasia bonyi, Chanasia buckmani, Chanasia chartroni, Chanasia gevreyi (60428) Chanasia pseudochanaziense (60427) Chanasia sp., H. sp. (58221) H. hecticum (60548) H. proximum (60432) H. proximum, H. boginense (60431) H. sp. (60430)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany H. sp. (62265) H. spp. (62263 62264)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Menabe) Jeannetia hourcqi (234098)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar H. primaevum (98160)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France H. bicostatum (60544) H. demolyi, Sublunuloceras inerme, Sublunuloceras bonarellii, Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (60441) Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (12265 60439)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Sublunuloceras lairense (171588) Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (171601 171630) Sublunuloceras sp. B, Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (171583) Sublunuloceras sp., Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum, Sublunuloceras lairense, Sublunuloceras discoides (171572)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Beony) Sublunuloceras dynastes (234135)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Neuquen) H. discoides (136304) H. lairense (165733) H. lairense, H. virguloides (158522)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany H. diversicostatum, H. sp. (62276) H. puteale (62287 62288) H. puteale, H. sp. (62283) H. sp. (62282) H. sp., H. spp. (62279) H. spp. (62285)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar H. sp. (98170) Sublunuloceras dynastes (98136) Sublunuloceras dynastes, Sublunuloceras intermedium, Sublunuloceras discoides (98181) Sublunuloceras dynastes, Sublunuloceras lairense, Sublunuloceras discoides (234132)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India H. sp. (61659)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland H. mihalskii (91907)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Argentina (Mendoza) H. sp. (136694)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2France H. boginense, H. sp. (60554) H. fortocostatum, H. hecticum (60538) H. posterium (169934) H. posterium, H. turgidum (168711) H. sp. (170212) Sublunuloceras didieri (60542) Sublunuloceras sp. (60540)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Bonarellia fornix (98127 98157) H. punctatum, H. suevum, H. suborientale (98156) Sublunuloceras dynastes (98124 98173)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (171595 171605)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Iran H. nodosum (68073)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany H. sp. (62267 62271 62272) H. spp. (62269 62270)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) H. discoides (135764) H. discoides, H. hersilia, H. lairense, H. virguloides (135717)
Late/Upper Callovian - Kimmeridgian164.7 - 152.1Russian Federation H. pompeckyi (213017 213018)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Russian Federation H. pompeckyi (213016)
Late/Upper Callovian - Tithonian164.7 - 145.0Russian Federation H. pompeckyi (213019)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Madagascar Sublunuloceras dynastes (98186 98187) Sublunuloceras vendegiesi (98175)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Spain H. sp. (142571)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (Scotland) H. sp. (163734)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Mendoza) H. sp. (136689)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Sublunuloceras vendegiesi (234147)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (171567) Sublunuloceras sp. A, Sublunuloceras lairense (171566)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Argentina (Neuquen) H. lairense (135724)