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Hyphantoceras venustum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy

Hyphantoceras venustum was named by Yabe (1904).

Synonyms

Bostrychoceras buttense was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 28173, Chico Creek, which is in a Santonian marine sandstone/shale in the Chico Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyphantoceras venustum by Matsumoto (1959).
Hyphantoceras laqueum was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 31115, head of Cortina Creek, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine horizon in the Funks Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Hyphantoceras venustum by Matsumoto (1959).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Hyphantoceras venustum Yabe
1958	Bostrychoceras buttense Anderson p. 207 figs. Plate 51, figures 7, 7a
1958	Hyphantoceras laqueum Anderson p. 210 figs. Plate 31, figure 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ancyloceratina	Wiedmann 1966
superfamily	Turrilitoidea	(Gill 1871)
family	Nostoceratidae	Hyatt 1894
genus	Hyphantoceras
species	venustum	Yabe 1904

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.

†Hyphantoceras venustum Yabe 1904

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Invalid names: Bostrychoceras buttense Anderson 1958 [synonym], Hyphantoceras laqueum 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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Russian Federation (Sakhalin)	Hyphantoceras venustum (64574)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	USA (California)	Hyphantoceras venustum (225627)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	USA (California)	Hyphantoceras laqueum (224980)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (California)	Hyphantoceras venustum (224942)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (California)	Bostrychoceras buttense (215637) Hyphantoceras venustum (86780)