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Hildaites calamantis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hildaites calamantis was named by Sassaroli and Venturi (2012). Its type specimen is MSA85 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marconessa quarry section 3, sample 4b, which is in a Falciferum carbonate limestone in the Bugarone Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Hildaites calamantis Sassaroli and Venturi p. 101 figs. Pl 4, fig 6; pl 5, fig 1; text-figs 7F-G, 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHildoceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusHildaites
speciescalamantis

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.

Hildaites calamantis Sassaroli and Venturi 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height231.727.237.032.16.93
shell diameter2126.0106.5149.0127.830.1
shell inflation263.451.578.064.818.7

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: Falciferum or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Italy Hildaites calamantis (145305 145306 145307 type locality: 145317)