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Harpoceras (Harpoceras) mediterraneum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy

Harpoceras mediterraneum was named by Pinna (1968). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Harpoceras (Harpoceras) mediterraneum by Kovács (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. alternatum, H. chrysanthemum, H. chrysanthemum, H. crassum, H. falcifer, H. inouyei, H. lympharum, H. maghrebensis, H. mulgravium, H. nagatoensis, H. okadai, H. propinquum, H. pseudoserpentinus, H. renevieri, H. serotinum, H. subplanulatum, H. nagatoensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1968	Harpoceras mediterraneum Pinna
2011	Harpoceras (Harpoceras) mediterraneum Kovács p. 28 figs. Pl 9, fig 4; pl 10, figs 3-5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Hildoceratoidea	(Hyatt 1867)
family	Hildoceratidae	Hyatt 1867
subfamily	Harpoceratinae	Neumayr 1875
genus	Harpoceras
subgenus	Harpoceras	Waagen 1869
species	mediterraneum	(Pinna 1968)

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.

†Harpoceras (Harpoceras) mediterraneum Pinna 1968

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
height	3	40.7	32.0	50.0	42.0	9.02
diameter	3	106.5	80.0	135.0	112.0	27.6
inflation	3	29.0	-	-	29.0	-

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: base of the Falciferum to the top of the Middle Toarcian or 184.20000 to 180.40000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Falciferum	184.2 - 182.9	Hungary	Harpoceras mediterraneum (147271 148244 148247 148258 148261 148265)
Middle Toarcian	182.9 - 180.4	Spain (Murcia)	Harpoceras mediterraneum (201444)
Bifrons	182.9 - 174.7	Italy	Harpoceras mediterraneum (147026 147034)
Bifrons	182.9 - 174.7	Hungary	Harpoceras mediterraneum (108050 108051 108087 108459 108461 108462 108468 147241 147251 147254 148243 148255)