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Hemihoplites varicostatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hemihoplitidae

Taxonomy
Hemihoplites varicostatus was named by Riccardi and Aguirre Urreta (1989) [DISTRIBUTION: Barremian; Patagonia, South Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. feraudi, H. heberti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Hemihoplites varicostatus Riccardi and Aguirre Urreta p. 452 figs. pl. 51, figs. 1-9
1992Hemihoplites varicostatus Klinger and Kennedy p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyHemihoplitidaeSpath 1924
genusHemihoplitesSpath 1924
speciesvaricostatusRiccardi and Aguirre Urreta 1989

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.

†Hemihoplites varicostatus Riccardi and Aguirre Urreta 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4South Africa Hemihoplites varicostatus (65847)