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Hysteroceras orbignyi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Brancoceras orbignyi was named by Spath (1922) [Type secimen: Ammonites varicosus Sowerby; d'Orbigny, 1841, 294, pl. 87, fig. 3 only. Distribution: Early Upper Albian.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hysteroceras orbignyi by Spath (1934), Haas (1942), Reyment (1955), Förster (1975), Renz (1982), Mosavinia et al. (2014).

Subspecies
H. evoluta, H. minor

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Brancoceras orbignyi Spath p. 99
1934Hysteroceras orbignyi Spath
1942Hysteroceras orbignyi Haas p. 26
1944Terasceras subfalcatum van Hoepen p. 176 figs. Pl 25, figs 1,2
1944Terasceras improvisum van Hoepen p. 177 figs. Pl 25, figs 3,4
1955Hysteroceras orbignyi Reyment p. 28 figs. Pl 4, fig 1
1975Hysteroceras orbignyi Förster p. 217 figs. Pl 11, figs 1-4; text-figs 65-67
1982Hysteroceras orbignyi Renz p. 48
2014Hysteroceras orbignyi Mosavinia et al. p. 84 fig. 8A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyBrancoceratinaeSpath 1934
genusHysteroceras
speciesorbignyi()

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 orbignyi Spath 1922
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Invalid names: Terasceras improvisum van Hoepen 1944 [synonym], Terasceras subfalcatum van Hoepen 1944 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height57.086.108.007.000.785
shell diameter521.918.628.022.03.68
shell inflation59.478.0013.09.302.01

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 (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France Hysteroceras orbignyi (58861)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Switzerland Hysteroceras orbignyi (197618)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Venezuela (Lara) Hysteroceras orbignyi (87953)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Hysteroceras orbignyi (56552 58119 58125 58126 58245 58386 58431)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Serbia Hysteroceras orbignyi (239132)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Antarctica Hysteroceras orbignyi (83366)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Iran Hysteroceras orbignyi (174594)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Nigeria Hysteroceras orbignyi (82764)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mozambique Hysteroceras orbignyi (174805 174811 174827)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Antsiranana) Hysteroceras orbignyi (98215)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy Hysteroceras orbignyi (12838)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Hysteroceras orbignyi (98220)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France (Hauts-de-France) Hysteroceras orbignyi (235835)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Hysteroceras orbignyi (83840)