Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Alternative combinations: Platyceras (Platyceras) barlettense, Platyceras bartlettense, Spinyplatyceras barlettense
Full reference: E. L. Yochelson and R. W. Kopf. 1956. A new Devonian spinose platyceratid gastropod. Journal of Paleontology 30(5):1170-1172
Belongs to Spinyplatyceras according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Blodgett and Frýda 1999, Tyler 1965 and Yochelson and Kopf 1956
Sister taxa: Spinyplatyceras arkonense, Spinyplatyceras dumosiforme, Spinyplatyceras dumosum, Spinyplatyceras erinacum, Spinyplatyceras fornicatum, Spinyplatyceras milleri, Spinyplatyceras multispinosum, Spinyplatyceras parvispinum, Spinyplatyceras paxiller, Spinyplatyceras pugnus, Spinyplatyceras spinosa, Spinyplatyceras tylotus
Type specimen: USNM 125693, a shell. Its type locality is Arkona, West William Township, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Arkona Formation of Canada.
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (1: Michigan)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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