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Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) preyi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) preyi was named by Kennedy and Summesberger (1999). Its type specimen is NHMWz1998/29/0013, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gschliefgraben, Gmunden, Late Campanian, which is in a Campanian offshore lime mudstone in Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. antokasoense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) preyi Kennedy and Summesberger p. 25 figs. Pl 3, figs 1,4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusHoplitoplacenticerasPaulcke 1906
subgenusHoplitoplacenticerasPaulcke 1907
speciespreyi

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.

†Hoplitoplacenticeras (Hoplitoplacenticeras) preyi Kennedy and Summesberger 1999
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria Hoplitoplacenticeras preyi (type locality: 48008)