Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Alternative combinations: Hoplites plasticus, Hoplitoplacenticeras plasticus
Full reference: W. J. Paulcke. 1907. Die Cephalopoden der oberen Kreide Südpatagoniens. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg im Breisgau 15:1-82
Belongs to Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) according to W. A. Cobban and W. J. Kennedy 1992
See also Klinger and Kennedy 1989
Sister taxa: Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) coesfeldiense, Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) howarthi, Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) marroti, Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) preyi
Subtaxa: Hoplites plasticus costatus Hoplites plasticus hauthali Hoplites plasticus laevis Hoplites plasticus semicostatus
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 47.2
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Chile (2 collections), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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