Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Alternative combination: Platyceras dumosum
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1840. Third annual report on the palaeontological department of the survey. New York Geological Survey, Annual Report 4(1):199-207
Belongs to Spinyplatyceras according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Blodgett and Frýda 1999, Conrad 1840, Hall 1862, Hall 1879 and Meek 1873
Sister taxa: Spinyplatyceras arkonense, Spinyplatyceras bartlettense, Spinyplatyceras dumosiforme, Spinyplatyceras erinacum, Spinyplatyceras fornicatum, Spinyplatyceras milleri, Spinyplatyceras multispinosum, Spinyplatyceras parvispinum, Spinyplatyceras paxiller, Spinyplatyceras pugnus, Spinyplatyceras spinosa, Spinyplatyceras tylotus
Subtaxa: Platyceras dumosum pileum
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal coprophage
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (5: New York, Ohio)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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