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Platiknemiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae

Taxonomy
Knemiceras (Platiknemiceras) was named by Bataller (1954). Its type is Knemiceras (Platiknemiceras) bassei.

It was reranked as Platiknemiceras by Casey (1961), Wright et al. (1996) and Bulot (2010).

It was assigned to Knemiceras by Bataller (1954); to Engonoceratidae by Casey (1961) and Wright et al. (1996); and to Knemiceratidae by Bulot (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Knemiceras (Platiknemiceras) Bataller p. 174
1961Platiknemiceras Casey p. 354
1996Platiknemiceras Wright et al. p. 130
2010Platiknemiceras Bulot

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEngonoceratoideaHyatt 1903
familyKnemiceratidaeHyatt 1903
genusPlatiknemiceras()

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.

G. †Platiknemiceras Bataller 1954
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Platiknemiceras bassei Bataller 1954
Platiknemiceras flexuosum Kennedy et al. 1998
Platiknemiceras hachourii Dubourdieu 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) P. flexuosum (82421 82423)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Peru (Cajamarca) P. sp. (88515 88516)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Venezuela Parengonoceras hachourii (87975)