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Harpoceratinae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)68661https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68661
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Hildoceratidae : Harpoceratinae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Harpoceratinaesubfamilybelongs to Hildoceratidaestated with evidenceWestermann, 1969
Harpoceratinaesubfamilybelongs to Hildoceratidaestated without evidenceJakobs, 1997
Harpoceratinaesubfamilybelongs to Hildoceratidaestated with evidenceGéczy and Meister, 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)58
First Recorded Appearance201 - 199 Ma
Early Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance133 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. K. Jakobs. 1997. Toarcian (Early Jurassic) ammonoids from western North America. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 428:137pp.

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cleviceras ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		42184 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Eleganticeras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		134183 Ma
Early Jurassic		182 Ma
Early Jurassic
Harpoceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		386201 Ma
Early Jurassic		156 Ma
Jurassic
Osperleioceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		91183 Ma
Early Jurassic		180 Ma
Early Jurassic
Ovaticeras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		6183 Ma
Early Jurassic		183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Polyplectus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		104183 Ma
Early Jurassic		133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pseudolioceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		155201 Ma
Early Jurassic		172 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Sphenarpites ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Taffertia ✝
genus		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		7184 Ma
Early Jurassic		183 Ma
Early Jurassic
Tiltoniceras ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		57191 Ma
Early Jurassic		183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1875Harpoceratinae Neumayr
1969Harpoceratinae Westermann p. 52
1981Polyplectinae Venturi
1992Harpoceratinae Thomson and Smith p. 38
1993Harpoceratinae Arthur et al. p. 29
1996Harpoceratinae Smith and Tipper p. 60
YearName and Author
1997Harpoceratinae Jakobs p. 49
1998Harpoceratinae Géczy and Meister
2006Harpoceratinae Hillebrandt p. 229
2006Harpoceratinae Metodiev p. 758
2013Harpoceratinae Howarth p. 71

References

Jakobs G. K. (1997) Toarcian (Early Jurassic) ammonoids from western North America, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 428, 137pp.
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
Thomson R. C., Smith P. L. (1992) Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) biostratigraphy and ammonite fauna of the Spatsizi area, north-central British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 437, 1-87
Arthur A. J., Smith P. L., et al (1993) Mesozoic stratigraphy and Jurassic paleontology west of Harrison Lake, southwestern British Columbia, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 441, 1-62
Smith P. L., Tipper H. W. (1996) Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) ammonites of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Bulletins of American Paleontology 108 348, 1-122
Géczy B., Meister C. (1998) Les ammonites du Domérien de la montagne du Bakony (Hongrie), Revue de Paléobiologie 17 1, 69-161
Hillebrandt A. (2006) Ammoniten aus dem Pliensbachium (Carixium und Domerium) von Südamerika, Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 25, 1-403
Metodiev L. S. (2006) New data about the Ammonite genus Pseudolioceras Buckman, 1889 (Harpoceratinae, Ammonitina) from the Toarcian of the Balkan Mountains (Bulgaria), Comptes rendus de L'Académie bulgare des Sciences 59, 757-762
Howarth M. K. (2013) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Treatise Online 57, 1-139
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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