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Hoplitoides ingens

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae

Taxonomy
Neoptychites ingens was named by von Koenen (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mungo River, between Mundame and Eliki, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.

It was recombined as Hoplitoides ingens by von Koenen (1898), Solger (1904), Riedel (1933), Reyment (1955), Reyment (1958), Kennedy and Cobban (1988) and Chancellor et al. (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Neoptychites ingens von Koenen p. 12 figs. Pl 1, fig 4; pl 2, figs 5,8
1898Hoplitoides ingens von Koenen p. 58 figs. Pl 5, fig 3; pl 7, figs 4,5
1898Hoplitoides wilsingi von Koenen p. 59 figs. Pl 5, fig 2; pl 6, figs 6,7
1904Hoplitoides ingens Solger p. 137 figs. Pl 5, figs 8-10; text-figs 28-41
1933Hoplitoides ingens Riedel p. 128 figs. pl 24, figs 1,1a; pl 25, figs 1,1b,1c; pl 26, figs 1,2,2b,3,4,4a; pl 28, fig 1; pl 29, fig 1
1955Hoplitoides ingens Reyment p. 79 figs. Pl 18, figs 2,4; pl 19, fig 2; pl 20, figs 1-3; text-fig 38
1958Hoplitoides ingens Reyment p. 63 fig. 2.8
1988Hoplitoides ingens Kennedy and Cobban p. 606 figs. 3.16,3.17, 6.12
1994Hoplitoides ingens Chancellor et al. p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCoilopoceratidae
genusHoplitoides
speciesingens()

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.

†Hoplitoides ingens von Koenen 1897
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Invalid names: Hoplitoides wilsingi von Koenen 1898 [synonym]
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: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon Hoplitoides ingens (209687)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Hoplitoides ingens (82785 82787)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Hoplitoides ingens (161151)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Cameroon Hoplitoides ingens (82784 209649 209652 209655 209675 209680 209684 209685 209688) Hoplitoides ingens, Hoplitoides wilsingi (191895) Neoptychites ingens (209694)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Hoplitoides ingens (140889)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Chihuahua) Hoplitoides ingens (38965 38967)