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Hildaites levisoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites levisoni was named by Simpson (1843).

It was synonymized subjectively with Hildaites murleyi by Howarth (1992); it was recombined as Hildaites levisoni by Howarth (1962), Bécaud (2006), Kovács (2011) and Benzaggagh et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. pseudoserpentinum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Ammonites levisoni Simpson p. 54
1962Hildaites levisoni Howarth p. 412
2006Hildaites levisoni Bécaud p. 79 figs. Pl 33, fig 3; pl 36, fig 1
2011Hildaites levisoni Kovács p. 38 figs. Pl 12, fig 1; pl 13, fig 4
2022Hildaites levisoni Benzaggagh et al. p. 15 figs. 11J-L

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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
specieslevisoni(Simpson 1843)

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 levisoni Simpson 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height158.0----
diameter1210.0----
inflation1108.0----
shell height233.427.440.834.19.48
shell diameter2104.880.3136.8108.640.0
shell inflation246.834.064.349.121.4

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 Early/Lower Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Toarcian or 183.00000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Murcia) Hildaites levisoni (201422)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bavaria) Hildoceras levisoni (51272 51273)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Granda) Hildaites levisoni (201063 201065 201066 201067 201068 201069 201070 201071 201072 201073 201074 201075 201076 201077 201078)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France (Vendée) Hildaites levisoni (147201)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Hungary Hildaites levisoni (147266 148232 148257 148258 148263 148265)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France Hildaites levisoni (140861 161636)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Spain Hildaites levisoni (114369 146886)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France (Deux-Sevrès) Hildaites levisoni (140860 140862 140897 147149 147150)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Hildaites levisoni (147841)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Morocco Hildaites levisoni (228342 228343 228344)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Hildaites levisoni (219476)