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Physodoceras hoplisus

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Aspidoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites hoplisus was named by Oppel (1863). It is not extant. Its type locality is Eichstätt, Solnhofen (Oppel collection), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Physodoceras hoplisus by Scherzinger et al. (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Ammonites hoplisus Oppel p. 259 figs. Tab. 73, Fig. 4a,b, Fig 5.
2018Physodoceras hoplisus Scherzinger et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAspidoceratoideaZittel 1895
familyAspidoceratidaeZittel 1895
genusPhysodoceras
specieshoplisus()

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.

Physodoceras hoplisus Oppel 1863
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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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Ammonites hoplisus (234337)