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Vascoceras harttii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ceratites harttii was named by Hyatt (1870). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Buchiceras hartti by Hyatt (1875) and Hyatt (1875); it was recombined as Vascoceras hartti by Hyatt (1903), Maury (1936); it was recombined as Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) hartti by Faraud (1940); it was recombined as Pachyvascoceras hartti by Oliveira and Brito (1969); it was recombined as Paravascoceras hartti by Chancellor (1982); it was recombined as Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) harttii by Howarth (1985); it was recombined as Vascoceras harttii by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. adunense, V. diartianum, V. mohovanense, V. obessium, V. obesum, V. proporium, V. rumeaui

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Ceratites harttii Hyatt p. 386
1875Buchiceras hartti Hyatt p. 370
1903Vascoceras hartti Hyatt p. 103
1936Vascoceras hartti Maury p. 246
1940Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) hartti Faraud p. 48 figs. Pl 4, fig 2; pl 5, fig 2; pl 9, fig 1
1969Pachyvascoceras hartti Oliveira and Brito p. 220
1982Paravascoceras hartti Chancellor p. 98
1985Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) harttii Howarth
2010Vascoceras harttii Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 217 figs. Pl 5, figs A-E

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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)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusVascocerasChoffat 1898
speciesharttii(Hyatt 1870)

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.

†Vascoceras harttii Hyatt 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height133.5
shell diameter188.0
shell inflation125.2

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 Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Vascoceras harttii (70955)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Vascoceras harttii (114814)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil (Sergipe) Vascoceras hartti (87858)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Gard) Vascoceras hartti (170946)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Brazil Paravascoceras hartti (140888)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain Vascoceras harttii (186914 186930)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Mexico Vascoceras adonense (73575) Vascoceras hartti (73576)