Harpoceras

Harpoceras; Temporal range:
	Fossil shell of Harpoceras subplanatum from Isère (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Hildoceratidae
Subfamily:	†Harpoceratinae
Genus:	†Harpoceras; Waagen 1869
Type species
	Ammonites falcifer; Sowerby, 1820
Species
	Harpoceras falciferum Sowerby, 1820; Harpoceras kisslingi Hug, 1898; Harpoceras lassum Buckman, 1927; Harpoceras mediterraneum Pinna, 1968; Harpoceras pseudoserpentinum Gabilly, 1973; Harpoceras rulleaui Bécaud, 2006; Harpoceras serpentinum Schlotheim, 1813; Harpoceras strangewaysi Sowerby, 1820; Harpoceras subexaratum Bonarelli, 1899; Harpoceras subplanatum Oppel, 1856; Harpoceras loeve Gabilly, 1975;
Synonyms
	Falcifericeras Breistroffer, 1949; Gallitellia Venturi and Ferri, 2001; Glyptarpites Buckman, 1927; Harpoceratoides Buckman, 1909; Kolymoceras Dagis, 1970; Lioceras Bayle, 1878; Maconiceras Buckman, 1926; Phaularpites Buckman, 1928; Tardarpoceras Buckman, 1927;

Harpoceras is an extinct genus of ammonite belonging to the family Hildoceratidae. These cephalopods existed in the Jurassic period, during the Toarcian age from the Falciferum zone to the Commune subzone of the Bifrons zone. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

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