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Platylenticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Platylenticeras was named by Hyatt (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant. Its type is Oxynoticeras heteropleurum.

It was assigned to Coilopoceratidae by Hyatt (1903); to Craspeditidae by Wright (1952); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. (Tolypeceras), P. gevrilianum, P. heteropleurum, P. pseudograsianum
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. marcousianum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Platylenticeras Hyatt p. 590
1903Platylenticeras Hyatt pp. 88 - 89
1952Platylenticeras Wright
2002Platylenticeras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyCraspeditinae(Spath 1934)
genusPlatylenticeras

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.

G. †Platylenticeras Hyatt 1900
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Subg. †Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) Hyatt 1903
†Platylenticeras gevrilianum d'Orbigny 1840
†Platylenticeras heteropleurum Neumayr and Uhlig 1881
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 Valanginian to the top of the Hauterivian or 139.80000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany P. robustum, P. latum, P. parcum, P. oxyconum, P. expansum, P. heteropleurum, P. undulatum, P. coronatum, P. marcousianum, P. costellatum, P. simplex, P. denticulatum, P. fragile, P. pingue (95087)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) P. fragile (192514 192515 192516) P. parcum, P. robustum (192513)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Czech Republic P. sp. (66158)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Łódź) P. parcum (192510)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Poland P. gevrili, P. marcoui (2080) P. marcouisianum, P. heteropleurum, P. gevrilianum (2097)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Czech Republic P. marcousianum (66159)