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Hoplitoides ✝
| Description | Hoplitoides is an ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous, Turonian belonging to the Coilopoceratidae, a family in the Acanthoceratoidea. Hoplitoides have early whorls which are grooved, then flat, and finally narrowly rounded venters; early stages with umbilical tubercles and space ribs, later stages becoming smooth. The suture is similar to that of Coilopoceras but less extreme. Hoplitoides has an established distribution which is widespread, from western North America, northwestern Africa and northern South America. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplitoides, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Coilopoceratidae : Hoplitoides | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Coilopoceratidae : Hoplitoides | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Hoplitoides Koenen, 1898 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Abh. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, (N. F.) 1 (1), 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoplitoides |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Hoplitoides baalbeckensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hoplitoides gibbosulus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hoplitoides gignouxi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hoplitoides hourcqui species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hoplitoides ingens ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hoplitoides jacobi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hoplitoides koeneni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hoplitoides latefundatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hoplitoides latesellatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hoplitoides mirabilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hoplitoides sandovalensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Hoplitoides wohltmanni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1898 | Hoplitoides von Koenen |
| 1956 | Hoplitoides Benavides-Caceres p. 475 |
| 1980 | Hoplitoides Cobban and Hook p. 5 |
| 1987 | Hoplitoides Zaborski p. 52 |
| 1994 | Hoplitoides Chancellor et al. p. 104 |
| 2002 | Hoplitoides Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
