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Hoplitoides sandovalensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hoplitoides sandovalensis was named by Cobban and Hook (1980). Its type specimen is USNM 275877, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic 15947, Agua Salada Grant, which is in a Turonian marine shale in the Mancos Shale Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Hoplitoides sandovalensis Cobban and Hook p. 8 figs. Pl 2; pl 3, figs 6-8,12-16; pl 4; pl 11, fig 1; pl 18, figs 4-6; text-figs 6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyCoilopoceratidae
genusHoplitoides
speciessandovalensis

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.

Hoplitoides sandovalensis Cobban and Hook 1980
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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: Middle Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Hoplitoides sandovalensis (type locality: 77803 178760 178761 178763 178765 178766 178770 178771 178772 178773)