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Hibolites fusticulus

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnopseidae

Taxonomy
Belemnites fusticulus was named by Waagen (1875). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kanthkot Ammonite Bed exposed on bed of Trambau River, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian marine sandstone in India.

It was recombined as Belemnopsis fusticulus by Lissajous (1925); it was recombined as Hibolites fusticulus by Spath (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Belemnites fusticulus Waagen p. 9 figs. pl. 1 f. 2a-e
1925Belemnopsis fusticulus Lissajous p. 89
1928Hibolites fusticulus Spath p. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
superfamilyBelemnoideaHyatt 1884
orderBelemnitidaZittel 1895
suborderBelemnopseinaJeletzky 1965
familyBelemnopseidaeNaef 1922
genusHibolites(Mayer-Eymar 1883)
speciesfusticulus()

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.

Hibolites fusticulus Waagen 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8India (Gujarat) Belemnites fusticulus (type locality: 234314)