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Platyclymenia

Cephalopoda - Clymeniida - Platyclymeniidae

Taxonomy

Platyclymenia was named by Hyatt (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-m].

It was assigned to Clymeniida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Platyclymeniinae by Korn (2006).

Species

P. (Platyclymenia), P. annulata, P. ibnsinai, P. montana

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. quiringi, P. richteri, P. spinosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Platyclymenia Hyatt
2002	Platyclymenia Sepkoski
2006	Platyclymenia Korn

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Clymeniida	Hyatt 1884
suborder	Clymeniina
superfamily	Platyclymeniaceae	Wedekind 1914
family	Platyclymeniidae	Wedekind 1914
subfamily	Platyclymeniinae	Wedekind 1914
genus	Platyclymenia	Hyatt 1884

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. †Platyclymenia Hyatt 1884

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Subg. †Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia) Hyatt 1884

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†Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia) alterna Jenkins 1968

†Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia) eurylobica Petersen 1975

†Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia) subnautilina Sandberger 1855

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Invalid names: Platyclymenia ruedemanni Wedekind 1914 [synonym]

†Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia) teicherti Jenkins 1968

†Platyclymenia annulata Munster 1832

†Platyclymenia ibnsinai Korn 1999

†Platyclymenia montana Korn and Titus 2006

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	11	7.76	3.30	37.2	6.90	9.44
shell diameter	11	23.0	8.30	92.5	23.0	23.3
shell inflation	11	10.3	3.60	34.0	11.0	8.55

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-10-06 14:37:52

Modified:

2005-10-06 16:37:52

Source: o = order, c = class

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

Age range: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 370.60000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (35 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Famennian	372.2 - 358.9	Australia (New South Wales)	P. teicherti, P. alterna, P. annulata (69306)
Famennian	372.2 - 358.9	Germany (Sauerland)	P. protacta, P. spinosa, P. richteri, P. quiringi, P. ?, P. sp. indet., P. ruedemanni (235206)
Famennian	372.2 - 358.9	China (Nei Mongol)	P. walcotti (3958)
Famennian	372.2 - 358.9	Australia (Western Australia)	P. eurylobica (39070 39114)
Middle Famennian	370.6 - 364.7	China (Xinjiang)	P. subnautilina (172219)
Middle Famennian	370.6 - 364.7	Poland (Swietokrzyskie)	P. sp. (134738)
Middle Famennian	370.6 - 364.7	Kazakhstan	P. brevicosta (172156) P. valida, P. annulata (172160)
Middle Famennian	370.6 - 364.7	USA (Montana)	P. montana (64137 64138) P. sp. (6972 6975 6988) P. sp., P. montana (189676)
Middle Famennian	370.6 - 364.7	Morocco	P. annulata, P. subnautilina (135655 170800 170802 170803 170804 170818) P. ibnsinai (170852 170853 170854) P. sp. (170805 170817 170829 170830) P. sp., P. annulata (170801) P. subnautilina (170819 170820)
Late/Upper Famennian	364.7 - 360.7	China (Xinjiang)	P. sp. (172424) P. subnautilina (172425 172437)
Late/Upper Famennian	364.7 - 360.7	Morocco	P. sp. (135652)