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Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites surya was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.

It was recombined as Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya by Henderson and McNamara (1985), Kennedy and Henderson (1992), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy (1999), Arkadiev et al. (2000); it was recombined as Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya by Birkelund (1993), Salazar et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites surya Forbes p. 106 figs. Pl 7, fig 10a,b
1956Epiphylloceras mikobokense Collignon p. 24 figs. Pl 2, figs 3,3a; pl 4, figs 5,5a,b
1971Epiphylloceras geczyi Collignon p. 1 figs. Pl 640, figs 2360
1977Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) mikobokense Kennedy and Klinger p. 368 figs. Pl 12, fig 1
1985Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Henderson and McNamara p. 42 figs. Pl 1, figs 7,8,11,12; pl 2, figs 1,2; text-fig 2g
1985Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) mikobokense Morozumi p. 16 figs. Pl 1, fig 6
1992Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Kennedy and Henderson p. 391 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7,9,13,14; pl 15, figs 4,5
1993Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Birkelund p. 43 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
1993Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Ward and Kennedy p. 16 figs. 17.13, 18.3, 18.4, 18.16, 18.17
1999Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Kennedy p. 643 figs. 4.1-4.6, 15.3
2000Phylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Arkadiev et al. p. 96 figs. Pl 12, fig 8
2010Hypophylloceras (Neophylloceras) surya Salazar et al. p. 189 figs. 5m, 6a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderPhylloceratida(Zittel 1884)
superfamilyPhylloceratoidea(Zittel 1884)
familyPhylloceratidaeZittel 1884
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusHypophyllocerasShimizu 1934
subgenusNeophylloceras
speciessurya()

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.

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Invalid names: Epiphylloceras geczyi Collignon 1971 [synonym], Epiphylloceras mikobokense Collignon 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height536.713.566.556.025.7
shell diameter564.425.5118.0100.042.1
shell inflation56.132.2012.08.504.40

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-09-27 10:11:29
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:11:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan Hypophylloceras mikobokense (176805)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Landes) Neophylloceras surya (214057)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation Phylloceras surya (183323)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile Hypophylloceras surya (165493 165494)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India Ammonites surya (41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Denmark Hypophylloceras surya (67340)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Phylloceras surya (83845 83850 83851 83852 83853 83854 83855 83857 83862 157777 157781 157785 157788 157789 157790 157792)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Africa Phylloceras mikobokense (66072)