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Hysteroceras varicosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites varicosus was named by Sowerby (1824). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Hysteroceras.

It was recombined as Schloenbachia varicosa by Choffat (1905); it was recombined as Brancoceras varicosum by Spath (1922); it was recombined as Hysteroceras varicosum by Hyatt (1900), Spath (1934), Haas (1942), Henderson (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Ammonites varicosus Sowerby
1900Hysteroceras varicosum Hyatt p. 590
1905Schloenbachia varicosa Choffat p. 34 figs. Pl 4, fig 6
1922Brancoceras varicosum Spath
1934Hysteroceras varicosum Spath
1942Hysteroceras varicosum Haas p. 19 figs. Pl 1, fig 20; pl 3, fig 9
1990Hysteroceras varicosum Henderson p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyBrancoceratinaeSpath 1934
genusHysteroceras
speciesvaricosum()

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.

†Hysteroceras varicosum Sowerby 1824
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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: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France Hysteroceras varicosum (57922)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Switzerland Hysteroceras varicosum (197618)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (California) Hysteroceras varicosum (225651)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Hysteroceras varicosum (58122 58125)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6North Atlantic Hysteroceras varicosum (74358)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Hauts-de-France) Hysteroceras varicosum (235835)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Hysteroceras varicosum (83840)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Hysteroceras varicosum (51673)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Serbia and Montenegro Hysteroceras varicosum (239132)