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Platyceramus cycloides

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae

Taxonomy

Inoceramus cycloides was named by Wegner (1905). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platyceramus cycloides by Rehfeld and Ernst (1998), Sealey and Lucas (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Inoceramus rhomboides, P. adjakendsis, P. advertus, P. ahsenensis, P. alaeformis, P. artigesi, P. barronensis, P. beregovi, P. confertim, P. ezoensis, P. heinei, P. manteli, P. mantelli, P. paradoxus, P. pierrensis, P. planus, P. rhomboides, P. sagensis, P. salisburgensis, P. tamulicus, P. unduiatoplicatus, P. undulatoplicatus, P. vanuxemi, P. wegeneri

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1905	Inoceramus cycloides Wegner
1998	Platyceramus cycloides Rehfeld and Ernst
2019	Platyceramus cycloides Sealey and Lucas p. 146

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Myalinata	Paul 1939
order	Myalinida	Paul 1939
superfamily	Inoceramoidea	Giebel 1852
family	Inoceramidae
genus	Platyceramus	Heinz 1932
species	cycloides	(Wegner 1905)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Platyceramus cycloides Wegner 1905

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilesubc

Life habit:

epifaunalsubc

Diet:

suspension feedersubc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:25:20

Modified:

2005-01-28 04:25:20

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Eaton 1871

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Peru	Platyceramus cycloides (62012)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Peru	Platyceramus cycloides (62015 62016)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (Colorado)	Platyceramus cycloides (74325)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (Texas)	Platyceramus cycloides (99934)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Spain (Catalunia)	Platyceramus cycloides (162692)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Spain	Platyceramus cycloides (74467 74469)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Spain	Platyceramus cycloides (90759)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Jamaica	Platyceramus cycloides (99826)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Austria	Inoceramus cycloides (114268)
Middle Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (New Mexico)	Inoceramus cycloides (87849)
Middle Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Spain (Catalunia)	Platyceramus cycloides (162693)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	USA (New Mexico)	Inoceramus cycloides (82271 87850)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Peru	Platyceramus cycloides (62021)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Türkiye	Platyceramus cycloides (130884)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	France (Landes)	Platyceramus cycloides (214019)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Colorado)	Platyceramus cycloides (5607)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Spain	Platyceramus cycloides (3771 3772)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Austria	Platyceramus cycloides (1379)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Spain	Platyceramus cycloides (1331)