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Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) woodsi ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	129714	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=129714

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

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	Phylloceras	Suess 1865
subgenus	Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras)	Salfeld 1924
species	Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) woodsi	(van Hoepen and Hoepen 1921)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) woodsi	species	belongs to Phylloceras	stated with evidence	van Hoepen and Hoepen, 1921
Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) woodsi	species	belongs to Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras)	stated with evidence	Klinger, 1985

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

86.3 - 83.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper 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)

H. C. Klinger. 1985. Upper Cretaceous Cephalopoda from offshore deposits off the Natal south coast, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 26(1):1-11

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1921	Phylloceras woodsi van Hoepen and Hoepen p. 3 figs. pl. 2, figs. 1-6
1985	Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) woodsi Klinger p. 3

Klinger H. C. (1985) Upper Cretaceous Cephalopoda from offshore deposits off the Natal south coast, South Africa., Palaeontologia Africana 26 1, 1-11

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