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Glyptoxoceras indicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae

Taxonomy
Hamites indicus was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.

It was recombined as Glyptoxoceras indicum by Matsumoto (1959), Brunnschweiler (1966), Kennedy and Henderson (1992) and Kennedy and Hancock (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Hamites indicus Forbes p. 116 figs. Pl 11, fig 4
1959Glyptoxoceras indicum Matsumoto p. 167 figs. Pl.41, figs. 2-6; Text-fig. 80
1966Glyptoxoceras indicum Brunnschweiler p. 44 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-3; text-fig 28
1992Glyptoxoceras indicum Kennedy and Henderson p. 387
1993Glyptoxoceras indicum Kennedy and Hancock p. 592 figs. Pl 3, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyDiplomoceratidaeSpath 1926
subfamilyDiplomoceratinaeSpath 1926
genusGlyptoxocerasSpath 1925
speciesindicum()

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.

†Glyptoxoceras indicum Forbes 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 93.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela (Trujillo) Glyptoxoceras indicum (88036)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (California) Glyptoxoceras indicum (225827)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India Hamites indicus (41428)