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Hochuliites retrocostatus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Inyoitidae

Taxonomy
Hochuliites retrocostatus was named by Brühwiler and Bucher (2012). Its type specimen is PIMUZ 28153 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nammal Nala Nam9, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian offshore limestone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Hochuliites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Hochuliites retrocostatus Brühwiler and Bucher p. 107 figs. 39Q-AA

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderMeekoceratina
superfamilyMeekoceratoideaWaagen 1895
familyInyoitidae()
genusHochuliites
speciesretrocostatus

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.

Hochuliites retrocostatus Brühwiler and Bucher 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height716.711.619.618.53.69
shell diameter739.329.552.034.39.84
shell inflation718.515.521.319.02.63

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Xizang) Anaxenaspis sp. B (97356)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Pakistan Hochuliites retrocostatus (type locality: 139068 139069)