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Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hamites largesulcatus 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 Neohamites largesulcatus by Brunnschweiler (1966); it was recombined as Diplomoceras largesulcatum by Summesberger (1979); it was recombined as Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum by Kennedy and Henderson (1992), Küchler and Odin (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Hamites largesulcatus Forbes p. 117 figs. Pl 11, fig 1
1958Diplomoceras mercedense Anderson p. 200 figs. Plate 64, figures 1, la, 2, 2a
1966Neohamites largesulcatus Brunnschweiler p. 52 figs. Pl 1, fig 8; pl 8, figs 3-6; text-fig 36
1979Diplomoceras largesulcatum Summesberger p. 125 figs. Pl 3, figs 22,23
1992Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum Kennedy and Henderson p. 387
2001Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum Küchler and Odin p. 521 figs. Pl 6, figs 4-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusGlyptoxocerasSpath 1925
specieslargesulcatum()

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: Diplomoceras mercedense Anderson 1958 [synonym]
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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 106.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Antsiranana) Hamites largesulcatus (98215)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Diplomoceras largesulcatum (177758)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India Hamites largesulcatus (type locality: 41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Landes) Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum (214196 214200)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum (82389)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Diplomoceras mercedense (83778)