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Hypengonoceras decaryi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae

Taxonomy
Hypengonoceras decaryi was named by Collignon (1963) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian; Southern Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Hypengonoceras decaryi Collignon p. 128 figs. pl. 291, fig. 1269
1975Hypengonoceras decaryi Förster p. 216 figs. Pl `0, fig 7; text-fig 64
1989Hypengonoceras decaryi Klinger and Kennedy p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEngonoceratoideaHyatt 1903
familyKnemiceratidaeHyatt 1903
genusHypengonoceras
speciesdecaryiCollignon 1963

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.

Hypengonoceras decaryi Collignon 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height157.0
shell diameter1110.0
shell inflation18.00

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: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Antsiranana) Hypengonoceras decaryi (86507)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mozambique Hypengonoceras decaryi (174617)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5South Africa Hypengonoceras decaryi (82459)