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Holcophylloceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4622365	https://www.gbif.org/species/4622365
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	14479	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=14479

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Phylloceratidae : Holcophylloceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Phylloceratida : Phylloceratidae : Holcophylloceras

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	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Phylloceratida
superfamily	Phylloceratoidea
family	Phylloceratidae	Zittel 1884
subfamily	Phylloceratinae	Zittel 1884
genus	Holcophylloceras	Spath 1927

Scientific Name

Holcophylloceras Spath, 1927

Name Published In

Pal. Indica, (N. S.) 9, mem. 2, 38

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Holcophylloceras	genus	belongs to Calliphylloceratinae	stated with evidence	Westermann, 1969
Holcophylloceras	genus	belongs to Phylloceratitida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Holcophylloceras	genus	belongs to Phylloceratinae	stated with evidence	Pallini et al., 2004
Holcophylloceras	genus	belongs to Calliphylloceratinae	stated with evidence	Grigore, 2011
Holcophylloceras	genus	belongs to Phylloceratinae	stated with evidence	Majidifard, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Phylloceratida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Phylloceratida)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Holcophylloceras avrami ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Holcophylloceras costisparsum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Holcophylloceras falcifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holcophylloceras guettardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holcophylloceras kawhiae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Holcophylloceras mediterraneum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		30	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Holcophylloceras polyolcum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	156 Ma Jurassic
Holcophylloceras ponticuli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Holcophylloceras pseudoernesti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Holcophylloceras ultramontanum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	176 Ma Early Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Holcophylloceras zignodianum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	152 Ma Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1927	Holcophylloceras Spath
1969	Holcophylloceras Westermann p. 40
1996	Holcophylloceras Wright et al. p. 2
2002	Holcophylloceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Holcophylloceras Pallini et al. p. 4
2011	Holcophylloceras Grigore p. 195
2013	Holcophylloceras Grigore p. 86
2014	Holcophylloceras Sato and Yamada p. 30
2015	Holcophylloceras Majidifard p. 27

References

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

Westermann G. E. G. (1969) The ammonite fauna of the Kialagvik Formation at Wide Bay, Alaska Peninsula. Part II. Sonninia sowerbyi zone (Bajocian), Bulletins of American Paleontology 57, 1-226

Wright C. W., Calloman J. H., et al (1996) Cretaceous Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L 4, 1-362

Pallini G., Elmi S., et al (2004) Late Toarcian - Late Aalenian ammonites assemblage from Mt. Magaggiaro (Western Sicily, Italy), Geologica Romana 37, 1-66

Grigore D. (2011) Phylloceratids from the Upper Jurassic deposits of Hăghimaş Mts. (the Eastern Carpathians - Romania), Oltenia - Studii şi Comunicări Ştiinţele Naturii 27, 191-202

Grigore D. (2013) Revised ammonites fauna (phylloceratids, lytoceratids and aspidoceratids-Sutneria species) from "Acanthicum Beds" of the Hăghimaş Mts. (eastern Carpathians - Romania), Revue Roumaine de Géologie 57, 81-110

Sato T., Yamada T. (2014) A new Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) ammonite assemblage from the Arimine Formation (Tetori Group) in the Arimine area, southeastern Toyama Prefecture, northern Central Japan, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series C, Geology and Paleontology 40, 21-55

Majidifard M. R. (2015) Late Bajocian-Bathonian ammonites from northeast Iran, Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 11, 25-41

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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

Pal. Indica, (N. S.) 9, mem. 2, 38 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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