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Hypacanthoplites sigmoidalis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae

Taxonomy
Hypacanthoplites sigmoidalis was named by Casey (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. anglicus, H. clavatus, H. inflatus, H. leanzae, H. rugosus, H. sarasini, H. subrectangulatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Hypacanthoplites sigmoidalis Casey
2024Hypacanthoplites sigmoidalis Lehmann and Bayliss p. 17 fig. 10A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAcanthohoplitoidea
familyAcanthohoplitidae
subfamilyAcanthohoplitinae
genusHypacanthoplitesSpath 1923
speciessigmoidalisCasey 1965

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.

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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Morocco (Western High Atlas) Hypacanthoplites sigmoidalis (2071)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) Hypacanthoplites sigmoidalis (235735)