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Hippurites ✝

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Description

Hippurites is an extinct genus of bivalve mollusc in the rudist family, from the Late Cretaceous of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippurites, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3247811	https://www.gbif.org/species/3247811
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18582	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18582

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Hippuritidae : Hippurites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Hippuritidae : Hippurites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Hippuritida
suborder	Radiolitidina	Skelton 2013
superfamily	Radiolitoidea	Gray 1848
family	Hippuritidae	Gray 1848
genus	Hippurites	Lamarck 1801

Scientific Name

Hippurites Lamarck, 1801

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1801. Systéme des animaux sans vertèbres. Deterville, Paris.: i-viii; 1-432; pls. 1-6.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hippurites	genus	belongs to Hippuritidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Hippurites	genus	belongs to Hippuritoida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Hippurites	genus	belongs to Hippuritidae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Hippurites	genus	belongs to Hippuritidae	stated with evidence	Skelton, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Hippuritida)

Motility

stationary (based on Hippuritidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Hippuritidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Hippuritidae)

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/Hippurites

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hippurites bioculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites boliviensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites canalicatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hippurites carezi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites ceilbarum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites colliciatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		44	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hippurites corallinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites corbaricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites cornucopiae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hippurites cornupastoris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites flabellifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites gaudryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites inferus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites perkinsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites requieni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites requieniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites rousseli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites syriaca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hippurites toucasiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Batolithus Herrmannsen, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Hippuritidae : *Batolithus*
Ugarella Polsak & Slišković, 1987	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Hippuritidae : *Ugarella*
Batolithes Cuvier, 1817	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Hippuritidae : *Batolithes*
Batolites Montfort, 1808	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Hippuritida : Hippuritidae : *Batolites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1801	Hippurites Lamarck
1980	Hippurites Vokes p. 198
2002	Hippurites Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Hippurites Bouchet et al.
2013	Hippurites Skelton

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Skelton P. W. (2013) Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the "Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology", Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 45, 9-33

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 613 Hippurites Lamarck, 1801 (Pelecypoda); conservation under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 18, 355-356 (1961) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syst. Anim. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Consuegra, undated - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Skelton, P. W. (2013). Rudist classification for the revised Bivalvia volumes of the ‘Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.'. Caribbean Journal of Earth Science. 45, 9-33. - via World Register of Marine Species

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!

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