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Holcophylloceras falcatum

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Holcophylloceras falcatum was named by Murphy and Rodda (2006). Its type specimen is UCLA 2862/2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 2862, Huling Creek, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Holcophylloceras falcatum Murphy and Rodda pp. 49 - 50 figs. Plate 1, Figure 2; Plate 3, Figures 2, 4, 6; Plate 4, Figures 16-21

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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
subfamilyCalliphylloceratinaeSpath 1927
genusHolcophyllocerasSpath 1927
speciesfalcatum

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.

Holcophylloceras falcatum Murphy and Rodda 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (California) Holcophylloceras falcatum (type locality: 216356)