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Harpoceras (Harpoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Harpoceras (Harpoceras) Waagen p. 245

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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
genusHarpoceras
subgenusHarpocerasWaagen 1869

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. †Harpoceras (Harpoceras) Waagen 1869
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Invalid names: Glyptarpites glyptus Buckman 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height543.832.050.048.07.67
diameter5113.680.0135.0122.021.5
inflation532.829.037.033.05.66
shell height1355.826.0113.056.524.2
shell diameter13146.156.5330.0143.875.4
shell inflation1346.614.5129.049.234.5

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: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Middle Toarcian or 182.70000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Cantabria) Harpoceras strangewaysi (222262 222263 222265)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Somalia Glyptarpites glyptus (179136)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France (Vendée) Harpoceras rulleaui (140767 140769 140771 147200 147219) Harpoceras strangewaysi (140761 140762 140763 140764 140765 140766 140768 147199) Harpoceras strangewaysi, Harpoceras rulleaui (147206)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France (Deux-Sevrès) Harpoceras kisslingi (140858) Harpoceras strangewaysi (140859 140860 147148 147149)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Hungary Harpoceras mediterraneum (147271 148247 148258 148261 148265) Harpoceras strangewaysi (148267) Harpoceras subexaratum (147267 148232 148246 148259) Harpoceras subexaratum, Harpoceras mediterraneum (148244)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Harpoceratoides strangewaysi (147833)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France Harpoceras rulleaui (140741) Harpoceras sp. A (140861)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0France (Vendée) Harpoceras sp. B (147217)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Argentina (San Juan) Harpoceras subexaratum (33710)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6France (Deux-Sevrès) Harpoceras lassum (140867 147158 147159) Harpoceras sp. B (140865) Harpoceras sp. C, Harpoceras lassum (140866) Harpoceras sp., Harpoceras lassum (147157)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Hungary Harpoceras mediterraneum (108050 108051 108087 108459 108462 108468 147241 147251 147254 148243 148255) Harpoceras subexaratum (108047 108054 108084 148242 148256) Harpoceras subexaratum, Harpoceras mediterraneum (108461)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Italy Harpoceras mediterraneum (147026) Harpoceras subexaratum (147032 147043) Harpoceras subexaratum, Harpoceras mediterraneum (147034)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6France (Vendée) Harpoceras lassum (140787) Harpoceras sp. B (147221)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Spain (Murcia) Harpoceras mediterraneum (201444)