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Hammatoceras insigne

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites insignis was named by Schubler (1831). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Hammatoceras insigne by Kovács (2009) and Benzaggagh et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Ammonites insignis Schubler
1831Ammonites insignis Schübler in Zieten
2009Hammatoceras insigne Kovács p. 31 fig. 20
2022Hammatoceras insigne Benzaggagh et al. p. 21 fig. 14E

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
genusHammatoceras
speciesinsigne(Schubler 1831)

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.

†Hammatoceras insigne Schubler 1831
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height240.938.044.041.04.24
shell diameter2134.2114.0158.0136.031.1
shell inflation260.045.080.062.524.7

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: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.10000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany (Bavaria) Hammatoceras insigne (51277)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1France Hammatoceras insigne (210797 210798 210878 210880 210881)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6France Hammatoceras insigne (148812)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Spain Hammatoceras insigne (147091 147093 147096)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Germany Hammatoceras insigne (59424)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6France (Deux-Sevrès) Hammatoceras insigne (140875 147172)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Hungary Hammatoceras insigne (108476)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Tunisia Hammatoceras insigne (170604)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) Hammatoceras insigne (56341 59565)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Hungary Hammatoceras insigne (108630 108634)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Morocco Hammatoceras insigne (228356)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany (Bavaria) Hammatoceras insigne (51279)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6France Hammatoceras insigne (124179 161668 161672 161673 161675)