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Hildaites wrighti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Protogrammoceras wrighti was named by Spath (1913).

It was recombined as Hildaites wrighti by Howarth (1992), Bécaud (2006), Kovács (2011), Sassaroli and Venturi (2012) and Benzaggagh et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. pseudoserpentinum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Protogrammoceras wrighti Spath p. 553
1992Hildaites wrighti Howarth p. 167 figs. Pl 30, fig 7
2006Hildaites wrighti Bécaud p. 76 figs. Pl 32, fig 1
2011Hildaites wrighti Kovács p. 34 figs. Pl 15, fig 5; pl 16, figs 3,4
2012Hildaites wrighti Sassaroli and Venturi p. 95 figs. Pl 1, figs 1a,b; text-fig 6A-B
2022Hildaites wrighti Benzaggagh et al. p. 16 figs. 12A-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHildoceratinaeHyatt 1867
genusHildaites
specieswrighti(Spath 1913)

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.

†Hildaites wrighti Spath 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height224.520.030.025.07.07
diameter280.061.0105.083.031.1
inflation236.727.050.038.516.3
shell height119.5----
shell diameter161.0----
shell inflation128.0----

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: Early/Lower Toarcian or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Cantabria) Hildaites wrighti (222264)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France (Vendée) Hildaites wrighti (140758 140759 140760)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Italy Hildaites wrighti (145325)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Morocco Hildaites wrighti (228338 228339 228340 228341)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Hungary Hildaites wrighti (148240 148250 148268)