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Platiknemiceras flexuosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Knemiceratidae

Taxonomy
Platiknemiceras flexuosum was named by Kennedy et al. (1998) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian; Gulf Coastal Plain.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Platiknemiceras flexuosum Kennedy et al. p. 38 figs. figs. 51, 52
2010Platiknemiceras flexuosum Bulot

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEngonoceratoideaHyatt 1903
familyKnemiceratidaeHyatt 1903
genusPlatiknemiceras()
speciesflexuosum

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.

†Platiknemiceras flexuosum Kennedy et al. 1998
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Platiknemiceras flexuosum (82421 82423)