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Platyzona cancellata

Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae

Taxonomy
Platyzona cancellata was named by Batten (1989). Its type specimen is USNM 431575 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM721s, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Platyzona cancellata Batten p. 39 figs. Pl 8, figs 10-12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyOrthonematoideaNützel and Bandel 2000
familyGoniasmatidae()
genusPlatyzona
speciescancellata

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.

Platyzona cancellata Batten 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height312.27.5015.815.24.63
shell diameter37.937.009.507.501.32

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Platyzona cancellata (43491 81592 81617 101785 101868)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Platyzona cancellata (81640 81671 type locality: 101782 101783)