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Hypacanthoplites hirtzi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae

Taxonomy
Hypacanthoplites hirtzi was named by Collignon (1962). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hirtz-407, north Analavelona (Manera), which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Hypacanthoplites hirtzi Collignon p. 56 figs. Pl 237, fig 1022

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAcanthohoplitoidea
familyAcanthohoplitidae
subfamilyAcanthohoplitinae
genusHypacanthoplitesSpath 1923
specieshirtzi

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.

Hypacanthoplites hirtzi Collignon 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height158.0
shell diameter1135.0
shell inflation143.0

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: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Madagascar Hypacanthoplites hirtzi (type locality: 168092)