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Heterodiceras

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Epidiceratidae

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Heterodiceras Steuber
2003Heterodiceras Kiessling
2010Heterodiceras Bouchet et al.
2013Heterodiceras Skelton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderHippuritida()
suborderRequieniidina
superfamilyRequienioideaDouvillé 1914
familyEpidiceratidae(Rengarten 1950)
genusHeterodiceras

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: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:42:18
Modified: 2009-10-10 17:08:38
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Valanginian or 157.90000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21France (Normandy) H. muensteri (23539)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France H. sp. (68426)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Tunisia H. sp. (68082)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Yemen (Wadi Hajar) H. sp. (2581)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary H. sp. (25152)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary H. semistriatum (25151)