Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ammonites (Harpoceras)
Synonyms: Falcifericeras Breistroffer 1949 [objective synonym], Gallitellia Venturi and Ferri 2001, Glyptarpites, Harpoceratoides , Kolymoceras Dagis 1970, Lioceras Bayle 1878, Phaularpites , Tardarpoceras Buckman 1927
Parent taxon: Harpoceratinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2022
See also Arthur et al. 1993, Galácz et al. 2010, Guex 1973, Howarth 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Canavaria, Cleviceras, Eleganticeras, Maconiceras, Neolioceratoides, Osperleioceras, Ovaticeras, Polyplectus, Praepolyplectus, Pseudolioceras, Sphenarpites, Taffertia, Tiltoniceras
Subtaxa: Harpoceras (Harpoceras) Harpoceras crassefalcatum Harpoceras dynastes Harpoceras eseri Harpoceras falciferum Harpoceras ignobile Harpoceras kobelli Harpoceras lunula Harpoceras nitescens Harpoceras pseudoserpentinum Harpoceras rauracum Harpoceras serpentinum Harpoceras subplanatum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (4 collections), Austria (1), Bulgaria (3), Canada (34: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (12), France (107), Germany (4), Hungary (38), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (25), Japan (36), Luxembourg (1), Morocco (6), New Zealand (2), Slovakia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (41), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (7), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (17)
Total: 348 collections including 446 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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