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Platycuccoceras silberlingi

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae

Taxonomy
Platycuccoceras silberlingi was named by Bucher (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 444090 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coyote Canyon HB 182, North Humboldt Range, which is in a Bithynian offshore limestone/siltstone in the Prida Formation of Nevada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Platycuccoceras silberlingi Bucher p. 153 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-5; text-fig 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyCeratitoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyBalatonitidae
genusPlatycuccoceras
speciessilberlingi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height220.2--20.2-
shell diameter244.431.363.047.122.4
shell inflation225.8--25.8-

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: Bithynian or 244.99000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24USA (Nevada) Platycuccoceras silberlingi (type locality: 109763 112754 112755 112757 112759 112760)