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Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy

Phylloceras ellipticum was named by Kossmat (1895) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Cosmopolitan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) subalpinum ellipticum by Kennedy and Klinger (1977); it was recombined as Hypophylloceras ellipticum by Young (1977); it was recombined as Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum by Wright and Kennedy (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Hypophylloceras californicatus, Hypophylloceras onoensis, P. chilense, P. geyeri, P. glaber, P. mazenoti, P. omkuchanicum, P. plicatissimum, P. subramosum, P. triasicum, P. masiaposensum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1895	Phylloceras ellipticum Kossmat p. 107 figs. pl. 15, fig. 2
1977	Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) subalpinum ellipticum Kennedy and Klinger p. 355 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4; pl 5, figs 2,3; pl 12, fig 2; text-figs 2,3
1977	Hypophylloceras ellipticum Young p. 263 figs. Pl 2, figs 23,24
1984	Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum Wright and Kennedy p. 39

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Phylloceratida	(Zittel 1884)
superfamily	Phylloceratoidea	(Zittel 1884)
family	Phylloceratidae	Zittel 1884
subfamily	Phylloceratinae	Zittel 1884
genus	Phylloceras	Suess 1865
subgenus	Hypophylloceras	Salfeld 1924
species	ellipticum	(Kossmat 1895)

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.

†Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum Kossmat 1895

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2009-09-27 10:11:29

Modified:

2009-09-27 12:11:29

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Virgin Islands, U.S.	Hypophylloceras ellipticum (209728)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	South Africa	Phylloceras subalpinum (66011 66017 66019 66020 66022)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	South Africa	Phylloceras subalpinum (66023)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Tunisia	Phylloceras ellipticum (178213)