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Hoplitoplacenticeras vari

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites vari was named by Schlüter (1872). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hoplites vari by Choffat (1898); it was synonymized subjectively with Hoplitoplacenticeras marroti by Howarth (1965); it was recombined as Hoplitoplacenticeras vari by Chavan (1947) and Atabekyan and Khakimov (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Ammonites vari Schlüter p. 92
1898Hoplites vari Choffat p. 80
1947Hoplitoplacenticeras vari Chavan p. 129
1976Hoplitoplacenticeras vari Atabekyan and Khakimov p. 78 figs. Pl 9, fig 5; pl 10, fig 4; pl 13, fig 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusHoplitoplacenticerasPaulcke 1906
speciesvari(Schlüter 1872)

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.

Hoplitoplacenticeras vari Schlüter 1872
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Hoplitoplacenticeras vari (63974 64142 64143 64178)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Uzbekistan Hoplitoplacenticeras vari (186536)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Tajikistan Hoplitoplacenticeras vari (185090 186535)