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Hesperites clarae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Schlotheimiidae

Taxonomy
Hesperites clarae was named by Pompeckj (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hocherbalpe am Hochfelln, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian marine horizon in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Hesperites clarae Pompeckj p. 24 figs. Pl 2, fig 1; text-fig 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPsiloceratoidea(Hyatt 1867)
familySchlotheimiidaeSpath 1923
genusHesperites
speciesclarae

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.

†Hesperites clarae Pompeckj 1895
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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 Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Germany Hesperites clarae (type locality: 173618)