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Platycuccoceras

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae

Taxonomy

Platycuccoceras was named by Bucher (1988) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].

It was assigned to Balatonitidae by Bucher (1988); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. bijiense, P. bonaevistae, P. cainense, P. carnicum, P. favretense, P. labiatus, P. praebalatonensis, P. rugosum, P. silberlingi, P. tozeri, P. yoga

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1988	Platycuccoceras Bucher p. 729
2002	Platycuccoceras Sepkoski

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

Rank	Name	Author
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ceratitida	Hyatt 1884
superfamily	Ceratitoidea	(Mojsisovics 1879)
family	Balatonitidae
genus	Platycuccoceras

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. †Platycuccoceras Bucher 1988

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†Platycuccoceras bijiense Guo 1983

†Platycuccoceras bonaevistae Hyatt and Smith 1905

†Platycuccoceras cainense Bucher 1992

†Platycuccoceras carnicum Arthaber 1912

†Platycuccoceras favretense Bucher 1988

†Platycuccoceras labiatus Hauer 1892

†Platycuccoceras praebalatonensis Bucher 1988

†Platycuccoceras rugosum Bucher 1992

†Platycuccoceras silberlingi Bucher 1992

†Platycuccoceras tozeri Bucher 1994

†Platycuccoceras yoga Diener 1907

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	21	14.0	9.90	20.2	14.9	4.22
shell diameter	21	37.3	16.7	76.2	35.0	15.5
shell inflation	21	18.9	12.0	28.1	19.4	6.51

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:33:06

Modified:

2005-10-06 16:36:47

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Pelsonian or 244.99000 to 243.33000 Ma

Collections (55 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	USA (Nevada)	Dinarites bonaevistae (33197 142615) P. tozeri, P. favretense (114584)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	India (Himachal Pradesh)	Cuccoceras yoga (206206)
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Dinarites labiatus (206722)
Bithynian	244.99 - 244.24	USA (Nevada)	Cuccoceras bonaevistae (40754 109765 112787 143221 143260 143261 143263 143266 143271 143274 143275) P. bonaevistae (132700) P. favretense (107493) P. rugosum (109762 111227 112710) P. silberlingi (109763 112754 112755 112757 112759 112760)
Bithynian	244.99 - 244.24	China (Guangxi)	P. sp. (216970)
Pelsonian	244.24 - 243.33	USA (Nevada)	P. cainense (113668 113669) P. favretense (104942 105073 105178 105180 105181 105182 105183 105184 105186 105187 106197 106207 106210 106212 106213 106320 106322 106323 107491 107492 107730) P. praebalatonensis (107494 107495) P. sp. (113600 115464)