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Heteroceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Heteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Heteroceras was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr-u K Apti-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. Its type is Lindigia helicoceroides. It is the type genus of Heteroceratinae.

It was assigned to Heteroceratinae by Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger (1986); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Heteroceratidae by Murphy (1975), Klein et al. (2007), Frau et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Heteroceras d'Orbigny p. 291
1858Lindigia Karsten p. 103
1889Atopoceras Kilian p. 685
1975Heteroceras Murphy p. 36
1986Heteroceras Aguirre-Urreta and Klinger p. 322
1993Atopoceras King p. 180
2002Atopoceras Sepkoski
2002Heteroceras Sepkoski
2007Heteroceras Klein et al. p. 174
2016Heteroceras Frau et al. p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyHeteroceratidaeSpath 1922
genusHeterocerasd'Orbigny 1849

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. †Heteroceras d'Orbigny 1849
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Subg. †Heteroceras (Argvethites) Rouchadz 1933
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Subg. †Heteroceras (Heteroceras) d'Orbigny 1849
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†Heteroceras astierianum d'Orbigny 1851
†Heteroceras baylei Reynès 1876
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Invalid names: Heteroceras elegantoides Kakabadze 1988 [synonym]
†Heteroceras denizoti Frau et al. 2016
†Heteroceras jeletzkyi Murphy 1975
†Heteroceras veratiae Frau et al. 2016
Invalid names: Atopoceras Kilian 1889 [synonym], Lindigia Karsten 1858 [synonym]
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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Campanian or 125.77000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Granada) H. baylei (50371) H. sp. (50410 50412 50413) H. sp., H. baylei (50409 50411)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Georgia H. sp. (2115)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan (Gunma) H. sp. (229066)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) H. sp. (50434 50435 50436 50439 50441 50442) H. sp., H. baylei (50437 50438 50440 50443)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence) H. astieri (56059) H. jauberti, H. astieri (56067)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Colombia H. helicoceroides (97673)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4South Africa H. sp. (65841)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Argentina (Santa Cruz) H. elegans (66647)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France H. baylei (180146 180148) H. denizoti (180149) H. veratiae (180145)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Iran Argvethites sp. (236116) H. colchicus (236072 236117 236118 236120 236164 236165) H. colchicus, Argvethites sp. (236070 236071 236119) H. sp. (236065 236069)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Czechia H. sp. (93475)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Serbia Argvethites sp. (169609)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Türkiye H. sp. (239989)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Argentina H. elegans (70969)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy H. astieri, H. sp. (71828)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Comunidad Valenciana) Argvethites sp. (169146)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan H. sp. (66079)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Madagascar H. vohimaranitraensis (83998) H. vohimarantiraensis (84024)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) H. cochleatum (105717)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Kansas) H. tortum (71829)