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Hecticoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oppeliidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Hecticoceras Bonarelli
1957Hecticoceras Arkell et al. p. 276
1962Hecticoceras Cantu-Chapa p. 33
2002Hecticoceras Sepkoski
2002Hectioceras Sepkoski
2006Hecticoceras Parent p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderHaploceratina
superfamilyHaploceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyOppeliidaeBonarelli 1894
subfamilyHecticoceratinaeSpath 1925
genusHecticocerasBonarelli 1893

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.

G. †Hecticoceras Bonarelli 1893
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Subg. †Hecticoceras (Chanasia) Rollier 1922
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†Chanasia fornix Sowerby 1840
Invalid names: Jeannetia Collignon 1958 [replaced]
Subg. †Hecticoceras (Jeanneticeras) Zeiss 1956
†Hecticoceras hecticus Reinecke 1818
†Hecticoceras lairense Waagen 1875
Invalid names: Hectioceras [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1030.922.554.028.010.7
shell diameter1066.550.0103.060.519.5
shell inflation1014.410.026.013.84.55

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: base of the Early/Lower Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 165.30000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Argentina (Mendoza) H. sp. (136702)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India H. sp. (67393) H. sp., H. discoides, H. inermis, H. lairense (68653) H. sp., H. vijaya, H. dynastes, H. lairense (68657)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (California) H. sp. (163046)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Argentina (Neuquen) H. proximum, H. sp. (135722)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Chanasia hartmanni, Chanasia ardescicum, Chanasia gevreyi (60536) Chanasia michalskii, Chanasia chanasiense, Chanasia bonyi, Chanasia buckmani, Chanasia chartroni, Chanasia gevreyi (60428) Chanasia pseudochanaziense (60427) Chanasia sp., H. sp. (58221) H. hecticum (60548) H. proximum (60432) H. proximum, H. boginense (60431) H. sp. (60430)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar H. suborientale, Bonarellia fornix (98159) Jeannetia hourcqi (98165) Sublunuloceras lairense, Sublunuloceras discoides (234094) Sublunuloceras nodososulcatum (98130)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Menabe) Jeannetia hourcqi (234098)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile (Antofagasta) H. sp. (172173)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany H. sp. (62265) H. spp. (62263 62264)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland H. hecticum (171556)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar H. primaevum (98160)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany H. diversicostatum, H. sp. (62276) H. puteale (62287 62288) H. puteale, H. sp. (62283) H. sp. (62282) H. sp., H. spp. (62279) H. spp. (62285)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Argentina (Neuquen) H. discoides (136304) H. lairense (165733) H. lairense, H. virguloides (158522)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India H. sp. (61659)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar H. sp. (98170) Sublunuloceras dynastes, Sublunuloceras intermedium, Sublunuloceras discoides (98181) Sublunuloceras dynastes, Sublunuloceras lairense, Sublunuloceras discoides (234132)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Sublunuloceras lairense (171588) Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (171601 171630) Sublunuloceras sp. B, Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (171583) Sublunuloceras sp., Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum, Sublunuloceras lairense, Sublunuloceras discoides (171572)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland H. mihalskii (91907)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar (Beony) Sublunuloceras dynastes (234135)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France H. bicostatum (60544) H. demolyi, Sublunuloceras inerme, Sublunuloceras bonarellii, Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (60441) Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (12265 60439)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Argentina (Mendoza) H. sp. (136694)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France H. boginense, H. sp. (60554) H. fortocostatum, H. hecticum (60538) H. posterium (169934) H. posterium, H. turgidum (168711) H. sp. (170212) Sublunuloceras didieri (60542) Sublunuloceras sp. (60540)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany H. sp. (62267 62271 62272) H. spp. (62269 62270)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Bonarellia fornix (98127 98157) H. punctatum, H. suevum, H. suborientale (98156) Sublunuloceras dynastes (98124 98173)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (171595 171605)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Iran H. nodosum (68073)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8India H. sp., H. dhosaensis, H. dynastes, H. prelairense, H. lairense (68647) H. sp., H. subpunctata, H. sp., H. lairense (68644)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Argentina (Neuquen) H. discoides (135764) H. discoides, H. hersilia, H. lairense, H. virguloides (135717)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Russian Federation H. pompeckyi (213016)
Late/Upper Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2Russian Federation H. pompeckyi (213017 213018)
Late/Upper Callovian - Tithonian165.3 - 143.1Russian Federation H. pompeckyi (213019)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Neuquen) H. lairense (135724)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Sublunuloceras nodosulcatum (171567) Sublunuloceras sp. A, Sublunuloceras lairense (171566)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana) Sublunuloceras vendegiesi (234147)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Mendoza) H. sp. (136689)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (Scotland) H. sp. (163734)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar Sublunuloceras dynastes (98186 98187) Sublunuloceras vendegiesi (98175)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain H. sp. (142571)