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Platyceras aculeatum

Taxonomy

Platyceras aculeatum was named by Barrois (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chateau-Briant, just east of Erbray, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Calcaire d’Erbray Formation of France.

It was recombined as Orthonychia aculeata by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. acutissimum, P. acutum, P. augustus, P. ausavensis, P. hercynicum, P. incerta, P. lineata, P. nanbiancunensis, P. praepriscum, P. protei, P. selcanum, P. alienum, P. auquis, P. giebeli, P. naticopsis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1889	Platyceras aculeatum Barrois pp. 195 - 196 figs. pl. 13 f. 3
2023	Orthonychia aculeata Wagner p. S7042

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Diagnosis

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