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Hypoturrilites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8275312	https://www.gbif.org/species/8275312
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15028	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15028

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Turrilitidae : Hypoturrilites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Hypoturrilites

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	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ancyloceratina	Wiedmann 1966
superfamily	Turrilitoidea
family	Turrilitidae	Gill 1871
genus	Hypoturrilites	Dubourdieu 1953

Scientific Name

Hypoturrilites Dubourdieu, 1953

Name Published In

Bulletin du Service de la Carte Géologique de l’Algérie, series 1 (Paléontologie), 16: 44

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hypoturrilites	genus	belongs to Turrilitinae	stated with evidence	Förster, 1975
Hypoturrilites	genus	belongs to Turrilitidae	stated with evidence	Atabekyan, 1985
Hypoturrilites	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Hypoturrilites	genus	belongs to Turrilitidae	stated with evidence	Kennedy, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 94 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

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
Hypoturrilites betaitraensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites cricki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites gravesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hypoturrilites gravesianus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites intersignus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites laevigatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites mantelli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites primitivus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hypoturrilites primus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites taxyfabreae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites tenouklensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites tuberculatoplicatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hypoturrilites tuberculatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites wiedmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hypoturrilites youngi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turrilites laevigatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turrilites tuberculatoplicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Hypoturrilites Dubourdieu
1975	Hypoturrilites Förster p. 187
1985	Hypoturrilites Atabekyan p. 57
1993	Hypoturrilites Kennedy and Cobban p. 334
2002	Hypoturrilites Sepkoski, Jr.
2013	Hypoturrilites Kennedy p. 648
2017	Hypoturrilites Mosavinia and Wilmsen p. 119
2018	Hypoturrilites Kennedy and Morris p. 97

References

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

Förster R. (1975) Die geologische Entwicklung von Süd-Mozambique seit der Unterkreide und die Ammoniten-Fauna von Unterkreide und Cenoman, Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe B 12, 3-324

Atabekyan A. A. (1985) Turrilitidy pozdnego Al'ba i Cenomana yuga SSSR, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Ministerstvo Geologii SSSR, Mezhvedomstvennyy Stratigraficheskiy Komitet SSSR, Trudy 14, 1-111

Kennedy W. J., Cobban W. A. (1993) Lower Cenomanian Forbesiceras brundrettei zone ammonite fauna in Texas, USA, N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh 188 3, 327-344

Kennedy W. J. (2013) Systematic palaeontology, in Lower and Middle Cenomanian ammonites from the Morondava Basin, Madagascar, Acta Geologica Polonica 63, 625-655

Mosavinia A., Wilmsen M. (2017) Cenomanian Turrilitidae (Cretaceous heteromorph ammonites) from the Koppeh Dagh, northeast Iran: Taxonomy and stratigraphic implications, Cretaceous Research 78, 113-126

Kennedy W. J., Morris N. J. (2018) An early Cenomanian ammonite fauna from near Lindi, Tanzania, Cretaceous Research 87, 84-101

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1925 Turrilites Gravesianus d'Orbigny, 1842 (currently Hypoturrilites Gravesianus; Mollusca, Ammonoidea): specific name conserved and a replacement lectotype designated; Turrilites Tuberculatus Bosc, [1802] (currently Hypoturrilites Tuberculatus): placed on the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56(2), 154-155 (1999) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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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