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Hoplites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Hoplitaceae
Family:
Hoplitidae
Subfamily:
Hoplitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hoplites NEUMAYR, 1875a, p. 681 (1875b, p. 925), ICZN Opinion 353, 1955, Generic Name No. 876
Type Species:
* Ammonites dentatus J. SOWERBY, 1821, p. 3, ICZN Specific Name No. 489
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F IG . 90,3a,b. *H. (H.) dentatus (J. SOWERBY), England; ×1 (Spath, 1923–1943).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Transcaspia, Mexico
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Middle Albian)
Beginning International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
25
Beginning Date:
110.03
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Middle Albian)
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
106.85
Description
Whorl section compressed-rectangular to depressed-trapezoidal, prominent ribs branching from strong umbilical bullae and interrupted on venter, their ends prominent and opposite or alternate, some with zigzagging ribs, rib endings are normally thickened or raised into ventrolateral tubercles, which in most are oblique clavi
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Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Suborder:
Ammonitina
Superfamily:
Hoplitaceae
Family:
Hoplitidae
Subfamily:
Hoplitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hoplites NEUMAYR, 1875a, p. 681 (1875b, p. 925), ICZN Opinion 353, 1955, Generic Name No. 876
Type Species:
* Ammonites dentatus J. SOWERBY, 1821, p. 3, ICZN Specific Name No. 489
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
F IG . 90,3a,b. *H. (H.) dentatus (J. SOWERBY), England; ×1 (Spath, 1923–1943).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Europe, Transcaspia, Mexico
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Middle Albian)
Beginning International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
25
Beginning Date:
110.03
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cretaceous (Middle Albian)
Ending International Stage:
Albian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
50
Ending Date:
106.85
Description
Whorl section compressed-rectangular to depressed-trapezoidal, prominent ribs branching from strong umbilical bullae and interrupted on venter, their ends prominent and opposite or alternate, some with zigzagging ribs, rib endings are normally thickened or raised into ventrolateral tubercles, which in most are oblique clavi