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Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) hourcqi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Oxytropidoceras hourcqi was named by Collignon (1936).

It was recombined as Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) hourcqi by Kennedy and Klinger (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Oxytropidoceras hourcqi Collignon p. 184 figs. Pl 20, fig 5; text-fig 12l
2011Oxytropidoceras (Mirapelia) hourcqi Kennedy and Klinger p. 77 fig. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusOxytropidoceras()
subgenusMirapelia
specieshourcqi(Collignon 1936)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height162.9
shell diameter1135.8
shell inflation134.5

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 Albian or 110.10000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Madagascar (Mahajanga) Oxytropidoceras hourcqi (86503)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Madagascar Oxytropidoceras hourcqi (98218)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3South Africa Oxytropidoceras hourcqi (177368)