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Hoplitoides gibbosulus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pulchellia gibbosula was named by von Koenen (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.

It was recombined as Hoplitoides gibbosulus by Solger (1904), Riedel (1933), Reyment (1955), Reyment (1958), Kennedy and Cobban (1988).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Pulchellia gibbosula von Koenen p. 9 figs. Pl 1, fig 5
1904Hoplitoides gibbosulus Solger p. 153 figs. 44-48
1933Hoplitoides gibbosulus Riedel p. 125 figs. Pl 27, figs 1,1a,1b
1933Hoplitoides autenriethi Riedel p. 126 fig. 36
1955Hoplitoides gibbosulus Reyment p. 81 figs. Pl 17, fig 8; pl 18, fig 1; pl 19, figs 1,4; pl 21, fig 3; pl 22, fig 2; text-figs 39,40
1958Hoplitoides gibbosulus Reyment p. 64
1988Hoplitoides gibbosulus Kennedy and Cobban p. 607 figs. 5.3-5.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCoilopoceratidae
genusHoplitoides
speciesgibbosulus()

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.

†Hoplitoides gibbosulus von Koenen 1897
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Invalid names: Hoplitoides autenriethi Riedel 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height123.6
shell diameter149.3
shell inflation13.70

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: Middle Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon Hoplitoides gibbosulus (82784 209688) Pulchellia gibbosula (209694)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Hoplitoides gibbosulus (82785 82787)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Hoplitoides gibbosulus (140889)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico (Chihuahua) Hoplitoides gibbosulus (38967)