Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Alternative combinations: Platyceras (Platyceras) fornicatum, Platyceras fornicatum, Spinyplatyceras fornaticum
Full reference: J. Hall. 1862. Contributions to palaeontology; comprising descriptions of new species of fossils from the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung Groups. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 15:29-155
Belongs to Spinyplatyceras according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Blodgett and Frýda 1999, Clarke 1908, Fraunfelter 1973, Hall 1862 and Hall 1879
Sister taxa: Spinyplatyceras arkonense, Spinyplatyceras bartlettense, Spinyplatyceras dumosiforme, Spinyplatyceras dumosum, Spinyplatyceras erinacum, Spinyplatyceras milleri, Spinyplatyceras multispinosum, Spinyplatyceras parvispinum, Spinyplatyceras paxiller, Spinyplatyceras pugnus, Spinyplatyceras spinosa, Spinyplatyceras tylotus
Subtaxa: Platyceras (Platyceras) fornicatum plurispinum Spinyplatyceras fornicatum plurispinum
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Quebec collections), United States (2: Illinois, New York)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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