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Hildoceras crassa

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hildoceras crassa was named by Mitzopoulos (1930) [Hildoceras bifrons var. crassa].

It was synonymized subjectively with Hildoceras lusitanicum by Howarth (1992); it was corrected as Hildoceras crassum by Géczy and Szente (2006) and Bécaud (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Hildoceras crassa Mitzopoulos p. 45 figs. Pl 4, fig 7
2006Hildoceras crassum Bécaud p. 87 figs. Pl 42, fig 3; pl 43, fig 2
2006Hildoceras crassum Géczy and Szente figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2

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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
genusHildoceras
speciescrassaMitzopoulos 1930

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.

Hildoceras crassa Mitzopoulos 1930
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available