''Hildoceras'' is a genus of
ammonite from the
Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...
period in the family
Hildoceratidae. The shells are characterized by a narrow discoidal evolute shape, keeled venter, concave ribs along the outer flanks, and a shallow spiral groove running along smooth inner flanks. Whorls slightly overlap, cross sections are compressed. The ventral keel is bordered on either side by a shallow groove. The genus was named by
Alpheus Hyatt
Alpheus Hyatt (April 5, 1838 – January 15, 1902) was an American zoologist and palaeontologist.
Biography
Alpheus Hyatt II was born in Washington, D.C. to Alpheus Hyatt and Harriet Randolph (King) Hyatt. He briefly attended the Maryla ...
after
Saint Hilda
Hilda (or Hild) of Whitby (c. 614 – 680) was a Christian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby in 664. An important figure in the Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon En ...
in 1876.
Distribution
Jurassic of Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, the United Kingdom and Iran.
[Seyed-Emami, Kazem, et al. "Toarcian and Aalenian (Jurassic) ammonites from the Shemshak Formation of the Jajarm area (eastern Alborz, Iran)." Paläontologische Zeitschrift 79.3 (2005): 349-369.]
Species
* ''Hildoceras ameuri''
* ''Hildoceras apertum''
* ''Hildoceras bifrons''
* ''Hildoceras caterinii''
* ''Hildoceras crassum''
* ''Hildoceras lusitanicum''
* ''Hildoceras semipolitum''
* ''Hildoceras snoussi''
* ''Hildoceras sublevisoni''
* ''Hildoceras tethysi''
References
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Ammonitida genera
Hildoceratidae
Jurassic ammonites
Extinct animals of Europe
Toarcian first appearances
Middle Jurassic extinctions
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Toarcian life
Jurassic ammonites of Europe
Fossils of Serbia
Fossils of Great Britain
Fossils of France
Fossils of Spain
Fossils of Iran
Fossils of Japan
Fossils of Italy
Fossils of Germany
Fossils of Hungary