Hoplitoidea

Hoplitoidea, formerly Hoplitaceae, is a superfamily of mostly Upper Cretaceous ammonites comprising families united by a similar suture pattern with multiple similar elements that tend to decrease in size going toward the umbilicus, at the inner edge of any whorl, and which are typically in a straight line. Sutural elements are commonly ammonitic, but in some saddles and in others both saddles and lobes are smooth and undivided. Shells are variable in form, both ribbed, evolute forms and smooth, involute forms are included.

Hoplitoidea

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AmmonitinaPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Ammonoidea
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 64 million years on record.

The record covers at least 137.05 Mya to 72.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 149.2 Mya to 66 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 1 of 1119 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 439 of 1119 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 680 of 1119 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 1119 occurrences151–148 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences148–145 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences145–142 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences142–139 Mya — about 1 occurrence139–136 Mya — about 2 occurrences136–134 Mya — about 7 occurrences134–131 Mya — about 3 occurrences131–128 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences128–125 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences125–122 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences122–119 Mya — about 2 occurrences119–116 Mya — about 2 occurrences116–113 Mya — about 2 occurrences113–110 Mya — about 103 occurrences110–108 Mya — about 87 occurrences108–105 Mya — about 90 occurrences105–102 Mya — about 95 occurrences102–99 Mya — about 118 occurrences99–96 Mya — about 138 occurrences96–93 Mya — about 111 occurrences93–90 Mya — about 28 occurrences90–87 Mya — about 34 occurrences87–85 Mya — about 49 occurrences85–82 Mya — about 59 occurrences82–79 Mya — about 54 occurrences79–76 Mya — about 54 occurrences76–73 Mya — about 54 occurrences73–70 Mya — about 18 occurrences70–67 Mya — about 5 occurrences67–64 Mya — about 2 occurrences137.05 Mya72.2 Mya151 Mya64 Mya

1,119 occurrences of Hoplitoidea on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,119 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

181 formations

Folkestone — 51.08°N, 1.18°EFolkestone — 51.08°N, 1.08°EFolkestone — 51.28°N, 0.53°EFolkestone — 51.27°N, 0.08°EFolkestone — 51.32°N, 0.32°EFolkestone — 51.22°N, 0.82°WGrès verts helvétiques — 45.99°N, 6.71°EGrès verts helvétiques — 45.91°N, 6.49°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.10°N, 6.82°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.04°N, 6.62°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.01°N, 6.35°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.02°N, 6.75°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.05°N, 6.52°ELepine — 59.43°N, 124.77°WLepine — 59.62°N, 124.67°WMancos Shale — 36.35°N, 109.82°WMancos Shale — 35.73°N, 110.82°WMancos Shale — 36.08°N, 111.07°WMancos Shale — 40.76°N, 108.89°WMancos Shale — 34.74°N, 108.84°WMancos Shale — 34.77°N, 108.78°WMancos Shale — 38.77°N, 111.39°WMancos Shale — 34.44°N, 107.47°WMancos Shale — 35.87°N, 106.91°WMancos Shale — 33.88°N, 106.75°WMancos Shale — 35.47°N, 106.88°WMancos Shale — 35.72°N, 106.73°WCarolinefjellet — 77.63°N, 15.26°ECarolinefjellet — 77.44°N, 15.73°ECarolinefjellet — 77.47°N, 15.71°ECarolinefjellet — 77.40°N, 15.84°ECarolinefjellet — 77.23°N, 16.33°ECarolinefjellet — 77.07°N, 17.08°ECarolinefjellet — 77.07°N, 17.30°ECarolinefjellet — 77.13°N, 17.35°ECarolinefjellet — 77.36°N, 17.53°ECarolinefjellet — 77.67°N, 17.39°ECarolinefjellet — 77.87°N, 16.89°ECarolinefjellet — 77.92°N, 16.75°ECarolinefjellet — 77.62°N, 15.05°EAitamir — 36.20°N, 60.83°EAitamir — 36.83°N, 59.70°EAitamir — 36.13°N, 60.58°EAitamir — 36.23°N, 60.40°EAitamir — 36.62°N, 60.07°EAitamir — 36.83°N, 59.93°EAitamir — 37.56°N, 57.55°EPierre Shale — 43.27°N, 104.27°WPierre Shale — 43.26°N, 104.22°WPierre Shale — 38.87°N, 101.97°WPierre Shale — 38.90°N, 101.75°WPierre Shale — 40.06°N, 106.39°WPierre Shale — 44.98°N, 104.02°WBeer Head Limestone — 51.08°N, 1.18°EBeer Head Limestone — 50.75°N, 2.33°WBeer Head Limestone — 50.83°N, 2.45°WBeer Head Limestone — 50.77°N, 2.57°WBeer Head Limestone — 50.80°N, 2.67°WLower Chalk — 50.92°N, 2.23°WLower Chalk — 51.83°N, 5.10°WLower Chalk — 50.83°N, 2.55°WLower Chalk — 50.83°N, 2.60°WLower Chalk — 50.80°N, 2.67°WWoodbine — 32.86°N, 97.06°WWoodbine — 32.99°N, 96.95°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.45°WWoodbine — 32.74°N, 97.11°WWoodbine — 33.66°N, 96.91°WWoodbine — 33.73°N, 96.77°WWoodbine — 33.71°N, 96.46°WWoodbine — 33.87°N, 95.51°WWoodbine — 32.84°N, 97.06°WSt Lucia — 28.47°S, 32.17°ESt Lucia — 28.43°S, 32.18°ESt Lucia — 28.77°S, 31.75°ESt Lucia — 28.09°S, 32.33°ESt Lucia — 28.22°S, 32.30°ESt Lucia — 27.87°S, 32.34°ESt Lucia — 27.86°S, 32.35°ESt Lucia — 28.03°S, 32.28°ESt Lucia — 27.99°S, 32.41°EMerchantville — 39.54°N, 75.72°WMerchantville — 39.55°N, 75.65°WMerchantville — 39.46°N, 75.87°WMerchantville — 40.11°N, 74.74°WMerchantville — 40.44°N, 74.24°WMerchantville — 39.95°N, 74.99°WCalcaires de Fiz — 45.96°N, 6.69°ECalcaires de Fiz — 46.04°N, 6.62°ECalcaires de Fiz — 45.98°N, 6.79°ECalcaires de Fiz — 46.13°N, 6.80°EUpper Greensand — 50.75°N, 2.33°WUpper Greensand — 50.80°N, 2.67°WUpper Greensand — 50.78°N, 2.63°WUpper Greensand — 50.59°N, 1.24°WWest Melbury Marly Chalk — 51.08°N, 1.18°EWest Melbury Marly Chalk — 50.59°N, 1.24°WWest Melbury Marly Chalk — 51.20°N, 2.18°WMarnes bleues — 44.33°N, 5.17°EMarnes bleues — 43.88°N, 6.86°ETuna Canyon — 34.12°N, 118.57°WTuna Canyon — 34.07°N, 118.55°WGlauconitic Marl — 52.33°N, 2.28°WChristopher — 78.50°N, 101.00°WChristopher — 72.75°N, 121.50°WChristopher — 78.96°N, 94.01°WRaha — 28.65°N, 33.24°ERaha — 28.81°N, 33.50°ERaha — 28.80°N, 34.48°EHochmoos — 47.58°N, 13.51°ESaint Jouin — 49.65°N, 0.17°ESaint Jouin — 49.55°N, 0.12°EBearpaw — 49.88°N, 110.29°WBearpaw — 49.45°N, 112.83°WBearpaw — 49.36°N, 110.42°WBearpaw — 50.67°N, 107.73°WBearpaw — 49.53°N, 112.88°WMonk’s Bay Sandstone — 50.60°N, 1.32°WMonk’s Bay Sandstone — 50.63°N, 1.17°W

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The named rock units Hoplitoidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 157 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 259 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Hoplitoidea and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Hoplitoidea and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,288 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 739 sites for Hoplitoidea, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

245 references

Each of the 1,119 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 233 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Hoplitoidea

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Hoplitoidea was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itAmmonitina through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Douvillé 1890