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Harpoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hildoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Lioceras Bayle
1887Ammonites (Harpoceras) Denckmann
1927Tardarpoceras Buckman
1949Falcifericeras Breistroffer
1968Harpoceras (Harpoceratoides) Imlay p. C36
1970Kolymoceras Dagis
1973Harpoceras Guex p. 500
1993Harpoceras Arthur et al. p. 29
2001Gallitellia Venturi and Ferri
2002Glyptarpites Sepkoski
2002Harpoceras Sepkoski
2002Harpoceratoides Sepkoski
2002Phaularpites Sepkoski
2007Harpoceras Stevens p. 377
2013Harpoceras Howarth p. 74
2022Harpoceras Benzaggagh et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHildoceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familyHildoceratidaeHyatt 1867
subfamilyHarpoceratinaeNeumayr 1875
genusHarpoceras

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Subg. †Harpoceras (Harpoceras) Waagen 1869
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Invalid names: Glyptarpites glyptus Buckman 1927 [synonym]
†Harpoceras dynastes Waagen 1875
†Harpoceras eseri Oppel 1856
†Harpoceras falciferum Sowerby 1820
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Invalid names: Ammonites mulgravius Young and Bird 1828 [synonym], Harpoceras concinnum Buckman 1927 [synonym], Harpoceras falciferoides Buckman 1927 [synonym], Harpoceras falcula Buckman 1926 [synonym], Harpoceras fellenbergi Hug 1898 [synonym], Phaularpites exiguus Buckman 1928 [synonym], Tardarpoceras tardum Buckman 1927 [synonym]
†Harpoceras ignobile Sowerby 1840
†Harpoceras kobelli Oppel 1863
†Harpoceras lunula Zieten 1830
†Harpoceras nitescens Schlegelmilch 1976
†Harpoceras rauracum Mayer 1864
†Harpoceras serpentinum Schlotheim 1813
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Invalid names: Ammonites alternatus Simpson 1843 [synonym]
†Harpoceras subplanatum Oppel 1856
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Invalid names: Ammonites complanatus d'Orbigny 1846 [replaced]
Invalid names: Falcifericeras Breistroffer 1949 [objective synonym], Gallitellia Venturi and Ferri 2001 [synonym], Glyptarpites [synonym], Harpoceratoides [synonym], Kolymoceras Dagis 1970 [synonym], Lioceras Bayle 1878 [synonym], Phaularpites [synonym], Tardarpoceras Buckman 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1647.922.485.048.019.2
diameter16117.346.5200.0117.043.9
inflation1633.011.095.033.521.6
shell height3146.910.5113.056.525.5
shell diameter31118.025.5330.0143.875.0
shell inflation3136.37.00129.045.532.8

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Ururoan to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 188.90000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (350 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Italy (Trento) Ammonites complanatus (232106)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Chile (Huasco) H. sp. (223418)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Indonesia H. eseri (132795)
Sinemurian - Early/Lower Toarcian199.5 - 182.9Chile (Copiapó) H. sp. (223622)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2USA (California) H. sp. (203137)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Austria H. serotinum, H. sp. (218330)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Canada (Yukon) H. sp. (53099)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Chile (Huasco) H. sp. (223366)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Japan (Yamaguchi) H. chrysanthemum, H. inouyei (38174 38175) H. chrysanthemum, H. inouyei, H. okadai, H. sp. (38183) H. chrysanthemum, H. mulgravium (38178) H. inouyei, H. okadai (38182) H. okadai (38181) H. sp., H. nagatoensis (38184)
Ururoan188.9 - 176.0New Zealand H. subplanatum (137844)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Japan (Yamaguchi) H. chrysanthemum (38195 38198 38199 38211 38220) H. chrysanthemum, H. inouyei (38194 38222) H. chrysanthemum, H. inouyei, H. nagatoensis, H. sp. (38206) H. chrysanthemum, H. inouyei, H. sp. (38200 38201 38202 38203 38205 38207 38208 38210 38212 38216 38221) H. chrysanthemum, H. inouyei, H. sp., H. nagatoensis (38218) H. chrysanthemum, H. sp. (38204 38213 38214 38215 38217) H. chrysanthemum, H. sp., H. nagatoensis (38223) H. inouyei (38209) H. sp. (38197 38219)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Canada (Alberta) H. sp. (53725)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain H. falciferum (169654) H. serpentinum (169652) H. sp. (169653)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (England) H. falciferum (38379)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Ukraine (Transcarpathian) H. falcifer (197050)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Cantabria) H. falciferum (169632) H. pseudoserpentinum (169630 222274) H. pseudoserpentinum, H. serpentinum (169511) H. serpentinum (169508 169509 222264 222270 222271) H. sp., H. serpentinum (222266 222272) H. sp., H. strangewaysi (222262) H. strangewaysi (222263 222265)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Tunisia H. sp. (170564 170595)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9France (Champagne-Ardenne) H. sp. (96060)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Somalia Glyptarpites glyptus (179136)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9New Zealand H. subplanatum (134146)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Canada (British Columbia) H. falcifer (53203) H. sp. (53113 53466) H. subplanatum (55803)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Slovakia H. sp., H. falciferum (218343)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Chile (Huasco) H. sp. (223375 223383)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Italy H. sp. (145303 145306 145307 145310 145313 145318 145319 145322) H. sp., H. maghrebensis, H. serpentinum (145301) H. sp., Harpoceratoides sp. (145302)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) H. falciferoides, H. exiguum, H. falciferum (147849) H. falciferum (147846 147847 147848 147850 147859 147860 147861 147862 147863 154228) Harpoceratoides sp. (147831 147837 147839) Harpoceratoides strangewaysi (147833)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Hungary H. falciferum (148238) H. mediterraneum (147271 148247 148258 148261) H. mediterraneum, H. falciferum (148265) H. pseudoserpentinum (148239) H. serpentinum (148240 148241 148249 148250 148266) H. sp. (147276 147278) H. strangewaysi (148267) H. subexaratum (147267 148232 148246) H. subexaratum, H. mediterraneum (148244) H. subexaratum, H. subplanatum (148259) H. subplanatum (148233)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Bulgaria H. falciferum (150938 150939) H. serpentinum (150908)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Switzerland H. renevieri (231794)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Morocco H. pseudoserpentinum, H. serpentinum (228338) H. subplanatum, H. falciferum (228342 228343)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9France (Deux-Sevrès) H. falciferum (147151) H. kisslingi (140858) H. pseudoserpentinum (140897 147150) H. pseudoserpentinum, H. falciferum (140862) H. strangewaysi (147148) H. strangewaysi, H. serpentinum (140859 140860 147149)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9France (Vendée) H. falciferum (140776 140777 140779 140780 147202 147209 147210) H. pseudoserpentinum (140772 140773 140774 140775 147201 147207 147208 147220) H. rulleaui (140771 147219) H. serpentinum, H. rulleaui (140767 140769 147200) H. strangewaysi (140761 140762 140763 140764 140765 140766 140768 147199) H. strangewaysi, H. serpentinum, H. rulleaui (147206)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Spain (Cantabria) H. falciferum (222281) H. sp. (222275 222276 222278) H. sp., H. pseudoserpentinum, H. falciferum (222277)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9France H. falciferum (124153 124154 124155 148323 148324 148325) H. pseudoserpentinum (140742 140743 148321 148322 161634) H. rulleaui (140741) H. sp. A, H. pseudoserpentinum (140861) H. sp., H. falciferum (161637) H. spp. (161633) Harpoceratoides sp. (148319 148320)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Tunisia H. sp. (169170)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Spain H. falciferum (146895) H. pseudoserpentinus (114368 146890 146893)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany H. falciferum (126162 228512) H. serpentinum (228509)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Spain Harpoceratoides alternatus (114364)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9France (Vendée) H. sp. B (147217)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Chile (Copiapó) H. sp. (223660)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) H. sp. (55798 56337) H. sp., H. subplanatum (55808) H. subplanatum (53094 53095 53097 53621 55805 55806)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) H. sp. (53090)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Germany (Franken) H. alternatum (48467)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) H. propinquum (90962 90963) H. sp. (90964)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile (Copiapó) H. falcifer (222925)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Svalbard and Jan Mayen H. eseri (212942 213101) H. sp. (213097 213100)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Morocco H. falciferum (153943)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Argentina (San Juan) H. sp. (33703) Harpoceratoides sp., H. subexaratum (33710)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7France H. sp. (210813) H. subplanatum (210801 210834)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Argentina (Mendoza) H. sp. (33794)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Chile (Coquimbo) H. subplanatum (222004 222007)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Canada (Yukon) H. sp. (53211)
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9Chile (Copiapó) H. sp. (223653)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Callovian184.2 - 161.5Chile (Copiapó) H. sp. (223621)
Carlottense183.5 - 182.3Canada (British Columbia) H. spp. (200284)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Chile (Copiapó) H. sp. (223659)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Canada (British Columbia) H. subplanatum (55804 55807)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain (Murcia) H. mediterraneum (201444)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Polyplectus subplanatus (204111)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Canada (Yukon) H. sp. (197428)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Tunisia H. falciferum (169176 169177) H. sp. (169178 170600)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Spain (Cantabria) H. falciferum (222283 222284 222286 222288) H. sp. (222287) H. subplanatum (222291 222292 222297)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7France (Vendée) H. falciferum (140781 140782 140783 140784 140785 140786 147204 147205) H. lassum, H. subplanatum (140787) H. sp. B (147221)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Spain H. falciferum (146927 169659) H. subplanatum (126481 126482 146934)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Canada (British Columbia) H. sp. (185049)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Morocco H. subplanatum (228349)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Hungary H. crassum, H. mediterraneum (147251) H. mediterraneum (108050 108051 108459 108462 108468 147241 147254 148243 148255) H. subexaratum (108047 108054 108084 148242 148256) H. subexaratum, H. mediterraneum (108461) Harpoceratoides sp., H. mediterraneum (108087)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Italy H. falciferum (147042) H. mediterraneum (147026) H. sp. (145311 145323 145324 147027 147029 147030 147038 147040 147041) H. subexaratum (147032) H. subexaratum, H. mediterraneum (147034) H. subexaratum, H. subplanatum, H. falciferum (147043)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7France H. falciferum (124157 124158 124159 124160 124161 124162 148326 148327 148328 148331 148332 170452) H. lympharum (148793) H. spp. (161651 161652) H. spp., H. subplanatum (161653) H. subplanatum (148788 148789 161649 161654 170473)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7France (Deux-Sevrès) H. falciferum (140864 147152 147153 147154 147155 147156) H. lassum, H. subplanatum (140867 147158 147159) H. sp. B, H. falciferum (140865) H. sp. C, H. falciferum, H. lassum, H. subplanatum (140866) H. sp., H. falciferum, H. lassum, H. subplanatum (147157) H. subplanatum (140868 140869 147160)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Morocco (Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate) H. subplanatum, H. pseudoserpentinum, H. falciferum (234054)
Variabilis182.9 - 174.7Luxembourg H. nitescens (141384)
Kanense182.3 - 181.3Canada (British Columbia) H. spp. (200285)
Kanense182.3 - 181.3Canada (Yukon) H. sp. (114659)
Kanense182.3 - 181.3Canada (Alberta) H. serpentinum (198523) H. sp., H. falciferum (198519)
Planulata181.3 - 179.3Canada (British Columbia) H. spp. (200286 200301)
Planulata181.3 - 179.3Canada (Alberta) H. subplanulatum (198527 198529 198532)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) H. sp. (219476)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Argentina (Mendoza) H. sp. (137144)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21India H. kobelli (234313)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21France (Haute-Normandie) Ammonites serpentinus (48856)