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Hyphantoceras orientale

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Heteroceras orientale was named by Yabe (1904). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hyphantoceras orientale by Aiba and Karasawa (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Heteroceras orientale Yabe p. 19 figs. Pl 3, fig 7
2025Hyphantoceras orientale Aiba and Karasawa p. 17 figs. 2-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusHyphantoceras
speciesorientale(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.

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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Hyphantoceras orientale (62211 62216 62335 240090)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan Hyphantoceras orientale (62233)