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Hysteroceras choffati

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hysteroceras choffati was named by Spath (1925) [Distribution: Early Upper Albian]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lobito Bay, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Catumbela Formation of Angola.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Hysteroceras choffati Spath p. 187 figs. pl. 28, figs. 1, 4
1942Hysteroceras choffati Haas p. 29 figs. Pl 4, figs 8-11; pl 6, fig 3; text-fig 4a
1944Askoloboceras fastigatum Van Hoepen p. 185
1975Hysteroceras choffati Förster p. 221 figs. Pl 11, figs 5,6; text-fig 68
1982Hysteroceras choffati Renz p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyBrancoceratinaeSpath 1934
genusHysteroceras
specieschoffatiSpath 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.

†Hysteroceras choffati Spath 1925
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Invalid names: Askoloboceras fastigatum Van Hoepen 1944 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height110.3
shell diameter133.0
shell inflation115.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mozambique Hysteroceras choffati (174811 174827)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Antsiranana) Hysteroceras choffati (98215)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Hysteroceras choffati (83840) Schloenbachia varicosa (type locality: 210888)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Venezuela (Lara) Hysteroceras choffati (87953)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Serbia and Montenegro Hysteroceras choffati (239132)