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Otohoplites auritiformes

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hoplitidae

Taxonomy
Hoplites auritiformes was named by Spath (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Otohoplites auritiformes by Kennedy et al. (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Hoplites auritiformes Spath
1981Otohoplites auritiformes Kennedy et al. p. 230

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyHoplitidaeDouvillé 1890
subfamilySonneratiinaeDestombes 1973
genusOtohoplitesSteinmann 1925
speciesauritiformes(Spath 1925)

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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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available