Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Full reference: A. W. Grabau and H. W. Shimer. 1909. North American index fossils, invertebrates 1-909
Parent taxon: Platyceratidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bouchet et al. 2005 and Knight et al. 1960
Sister taxa: Barynema, Basiplanus, Brokenriveria, Cancellator, Cancelloplatyceras, Compsonema, Crossoceras, Cyclonema, Devononema, Dyeria, Euthyrhachis, Globulonema, Himantonia, Lotzia, Naticellina, Naticonema, Naticonoda, Natirhenia, Nonorios, Obscuropsis, Paffrathia, Platyceras, Platyostoma, Platyschisma, Ploconema, Praenatica, Pseudoplatyceras, Pseudorthonychiinae, Ptychospirina, Radvanospira, Rhabdocantha, Spinyplatyceras, Spiranodus, Spironemella, Strophostylus, Strotostoma, Stuckenbergispira, Tachloconcha
Subtaxa: Palaeocapulus acutirostre Palaeocapulus equilateralis Palaeocapulus morsei Palaeocapulus piso Palaeocapulus trigonus Palaeocapulus undata
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage
Distribution:
• Permian of Indonesia (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (30: Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of China (1), Germany (1)
Total: 34 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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