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Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras)

Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae

Taxonomy
Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) was named by Salfeld (1924) [Sepkoski age: K (Vala) - K (Maes-u)]. Its type is Phylloceras onoensis.

It was reranked as Hypophylloceras by Packard (1960), Young (1979), Morozumi (1985), Avram and Gradinaru (1993), Wright et al. (1996), Courville and Odin (2001), Főzy (2001), Sepkoski (2002), Murphy and Rodda (2006), Ifrim et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Phyllocerinae by Young (1979); to Phylloceratidae by Morozumi (1985), Avram and Gradinaru (1993); to Phylloceratitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Calliphylloceratinae by Murphy and Rodda (2006); to Phylloceratinae by Packard (1960), Wright et al. (1996), Courville and Odin (2001), Főzy (2001), Ifrim et al. (2013); and to Phylloceras by Förster (1975), Kennedy and Klinger (1977), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Wiedmann (1979), Renz (1982), Förster and Weier (1983), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Klinger (1985), Khiami and Murphy (1988), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Reboulet (1996), Szives (2007), Kennedy and Morris (2018), El Qot (2018), Kennedy et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Hypophylloceras (Hypophylloceras), Hypophylloceras danubiense, Hypophylloceras nera, Hypophylloceras onoense (syn. Phylloceras paquieri), Hypophylloceras perlobatum, Hyporbulites seresitensis, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) androiavense, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) aphrodite, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) basseae, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) bizonatum, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) causonianum, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) delanoyi, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) lombardensis, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ponticuli, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) rousseli, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) seresitense (syn. Phylloceras tanit, Phylloceras boulei, Phylloceras angolaense, Phylloceras (Euphylloceras) vohipalense, Hyporbulites seresitensis raynaudiensis), Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) subseresitense, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) terverii, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) velledae, Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) woodsi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Hypophylloceras californicatus, Hypophylloceras lestai, Hypophylloceras onoensis, Hypophylloceras subramosum, Hypophylloceras subramosum, Phylloceras andangonvatoense, Phylloceras ardescicum, Phylloceras bassae, Phylloceras biciolae, Phylloceras bonarelli, Phylloceras captitanei, Phylloceras chantrei, Phylloceras chilense, Phylloceras cypris, Phylloceras doderienianum, Phylloceras duodesimsulcatum, Phylloceras ernesti, Phylloceras geyeri, Phylloceras glaber, Phylloceras guillantoni, Phylloceras hommophyllum, Phylloceras hourcqi, Phylloceras isomorphum, Phylloceras iudicarense, Phylloceras masiaposensum, Phylloceras mazenoti, Phylloceras morelianum, Phylloceras nilsoni, Phylloceras omkuchanicum, Phylloceras onoense, Phylloceras perplanum, Phylloceras pinarense, Phylloceras plicatissimum, Phylloceras plicatum, Phylloceras pseudolateumbilicatum, Phylloceras salima, Phylloceras sardoum, Phylloceras selinoides, Phylloceras seretiense seretiense, Phylloceras sersitense, Phylloceras spathi, Phylloceras subobtusum, Phylloceras subramosum, Phylloceras tethys, Phylloceras triasicum, Phylloceras velledae, Phylloceras velledae, Phylloceras velledae, Phylloceras velledaeformis
Sister taxa
Hypophylloceras (Hypophylloceras)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld
1947Hyporbulites Breistroffer
1960Hypophylloceras Packard p. 422
1975Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Förster p. 139
1977Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Kennedy and Klinger p. 352
1979Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Cooper and Kennedy p. 177
1979Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Wiedmann p. 284
1979Hypophylloceras Young p. 23
1982Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Renz p. 33
1983Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Förster and Weier p. 55
1984Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Wright and Kennedy p. 38
1985Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Klinger p. 3
1985Hypophylloceras Morozumi p. 14
1988Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Khiami and Murphy p. 589
1993Hypophylloceras Avram and Gradinaru p. 671
1994Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Kennedy p. 216
1995Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Kennedy p. 388
1996Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Reboulet p. 181
1996Hypophylloceras Wright et al. p. 1
2001Hypophylloceras Courville and Odin p. 530
2001Hypophylloceras Főzy p. 26
2002Hypophylloceras Sepkoski
2006Hypophylloceras Murphy and Rodda p. 50
2007Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Szives p. 46
2013Hypophylloceras Ifrim et al. p. 882
2018Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) El Qot p. 148
2018Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Kennedy and Morris p. 86
2024Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Kennedy et al. p. 7

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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
subfamilyPhylloceratinaeZittel 1884
genusPhyllocerasSuess 1865
subgenusHypophyllocerasSalfeld 1924

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.

Subg. †Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld 1924
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Subg. †Hypophylloceras (Hypophylloceras) Salfeld 1924
†Hypophylloceras danubiense Vasicek et al. 2014
†Hypophylloceras nera Paulcke 1906
†Hypophylloceras onoense Stanton 1895
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Invalid names: Phylloceras paquieri Sayn 1896 [synonym]
†Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) aphrodite Fallot and Termier 1923
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Invalid names: Phylloceras (Euphylloceras) vohipalense Collignon 1962 [synonym], Phylloceras angolaense Haughton 1924 [synonym], Phylloceras boulei Collignon 1928 [synonym], Phylloceras tanit Pervinquiére 1907 [synonym]
†Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) woodsi van Hoepen and Hoepen 1921
Invalid names: Hyporbulites Breistroffer 1947 [synonym], Hyporbulites seresitensis raynaudiensis Collignon 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 2006A genus of Calliphylloceratinae with diphyllic saddle terminations and moderately deep, narrow constrictions in the early part of the mature shell that weaken and disappear after the early mature growth stage, and a compressed elliptical cross section after the fifth whorl.