Hemihoplites

Hemihoplites
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 136.4–125.45 Ma
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Hemihoplitidae - Hemihoplites soulieri.JPG
Fossil shells of Hemihoplites soulieri from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Hemihoplites

Spath, 1924

Hemihoplites is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Hemihoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores [1] lived in the Cretaceous period, from Hauterivian age to Barremian age.[2]

Species

[1]

  • Hemihoplites feraudianus (d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Hemihoplites mexicanus Imlay, 1940
  • Hemihoplites ploszkiewiczi Riccardi and Aguirre Urreta, 1989
  • Hemihoplites soulieri (Matheron, 1878)
  • Hemihoplites varicostatus Riccardi and Aguirre Urreta, 1989

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of southeastern France, Mexico, Slovakia, South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago.[1]

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