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Polyplectus pluricostatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Harpoceras (Polyplectus) pluricostata was named by Haas (1913).

It was recombined as Polyplectus pluricostata by Howarth (1992); it was recombined as Polyplectus pluricostatus by Pallini et al. (2004), Géczy and Szente (2006) and Kovács (2011); it was recombined as Polyplectus pluricostatum by Bécaud (2006) and Benzaggagh et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Harpoceras (Polyplectus) pluricostata Haas p. 117 figs. Pl 6, fig 3
1992Polyplectus pluricostata Howarth p. 154 figs. Pl 28, figs 9,10
2004Polyplectus pluricostatus Pallini et al. p. 7 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,1a,5; pl 15, fig 12
2006Polyplectus pluricostatum Bécaud p. 54 figs. Pl 5, fig 2; text-fig 15B
2006Polyplectus pluricostatus Géczy and Szente p. 236
2011Polyplectus pluricostatus Kovács p. 24 figs. Pl 8, fig 1
2022Polyplectus pluricostatum Benzaggagh et al. p. 10 fig. 9D,E

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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
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusPolyplectus
speciespluricostatum(Haas 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.

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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: Falciferum or 183.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Morocco Polyplectus pluricostatum (228344 228345)