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Platygoniatites

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Delepinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Platygoniatites was named by Ruzhencev (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 302,304]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Goniatitida by Sepkoski (2002); to Delepinoceratinae by Furnish et al. (2009); and to Delepinoceratidae by Korn (2006) and Korn and Sudar (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Platygoniatites Ruzhencev
2002Platygoniatites Sepkoski
2006Platygoniatites Korn
2009Platygoniatites Furnish et al. p. 57
2016Platygoniatites Korn and Sudar p. 208

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderGoniatitidaHyatt 1884
suborderGoniatitinaHyatt 1884
superfamilyGoniatitoidea(Haan 1825)
familyDelepinoceratidaeRuzhencev 1957
subfamilyDelepinoceratinaeRuzhentsev 1957
genusPlatygoniatitesRuzhencev 1956

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. †Platygoniatites Ruzhencev 1956
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†Platygoniatites molaris Ruzhentsev 1956
†Platygoniatites nudus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Platygoniatites omniliratus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
†Platygoniatites rhanemensis Korn and Ebbighausen 2006
†Platygoniatites superior Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height4323.06.2080.023.515.8
shell diameter4348.611.8180.049.037.0
shell inflation436.040.70035.57.108.48

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:36:55
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:08
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Arnsbergian or 336.00000 to 323.70000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Kazakhstan P. omniliratus (166868 166869 166871 166872 166896)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Morocco P. rhanemensis (61439 157741 157742 157743 157749)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0Serbia and Montenegro P. molaris (177519) P. omniliratus (177516 177525)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. molaris (166475 166900 166930 166937 166944 166945) P. omniliratus (166941)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan P. molaris (8421 166866 166878 166879 166880 166881 166882 166884 166885 166886 166887 166888 166889 166891 166892 166893 166894 166895 166897 166898) P. molaris, P. nudus (166865) P. omniliratus (166873 166874 166875 166876)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) P. molaris (166951 166952)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Russian Federation P. superior (236654)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) P. integer (191381 191385 191386)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) P. superior (166953)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. sp. (166932) P. superior (166938)