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Hildoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hildoceras was named as a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Hildoceratinae.

It was reranked as Harpoceras (Hildoceras) by Hug (1898).

It was assigned to Harpoceras by Hug (1898); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hildoceratinae by Howarth (2013), Benzaggagh et al. (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Goniohildoceras Seguenza
1898Harpoceras (Hildoceras) Hug
1967Urkutites Géczy
2002Hildoceras Sepkoski
2008Urkutites Géczy et al.
2013Hildoceras Howarth p. 78
2022Hildoceras Benzaggagh et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHildoceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusHildoceras

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.

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Subg. †Hildoceras (Lillia) Bayle 1878
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Hildoceras ameuri Rulleau et al. 2001
Hildoceras apertum Gabilly 1976
Hildoceras bastiani Fucini 1905
Hildoceras bifrons Bruguiere 1792
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Invalid names: Ammonites hildensis Young and Bird 1822 [synonym], Ammonites walcotii Sowerby 1815 [synonym], Hildoceras angustisiphonatum Prinz 1904 [synonym]
Hildoceras caterinii Merla 1933
Hildoceras crassa Mitzopoulos 1930
Hildoceras crassum Mitzopoulos 1930
Hildoceras graecum Renz 1912
Hildoceras laticosta Bellini 1900
Hildoceras lusitanicum Meister 1913
Hildoceras semipolitum Buckman 1902
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Invalid names: Hildoceras semicosta Buckman 1926 [synonym]
Hildoceras snoussi Elmi 1977
Hildoceras sublevisoni Fucini 1919
Hildoceras tethysi Geczy 1967
Invalid names: Goniohildoceras Seguenza 1886 [synonym], Urkutites Géczy 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available