Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Harpoceras (Hildoceras)
Synonyms: Goniohildoceras Seguenza 1886, Urkutites Géczy 1967
Parent taxon: Hildoceratinae according to M. Benzaggagh et al. 2022
See also Bécaud 2006, Géczy et al. 2008, Howarth 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Atacamiceras, Hildaites, Hildaitoides, Mercaticeras, Orthildaites, Parahildaites
Subtaxa: Hildoceras (Lillia) Hildoceras ameuri Hildoceras apertum Hildoceras bastiani Hildoceras bifrons Hildoceras caterinii Hildoceras crassa Hildoceras crassum Hildoceras graecum Hildoceras laticosta Hildoceras lusitanicum Hildoceras semipolitum Hildoceras snoussi Hildoceras sublevisoni Hildoceras tethysi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (4), France (103), Germany (5), Hungary (51), Italy (25), Japan (2), Luxembourg (2), Morocco (7), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (133), Tunisia (17), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (39)
Total: 394 collections including 582 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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