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Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia) alterna

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Platyclymeniidae

Taxonomy
Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia) alterna was named by Jenkins (1968). Its type specimen is USGD 6838, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Keepit Dam, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the Mandowa Mudstone Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Platyclymenia (Platyclymenia) alterna Jenkins p. 543 figs. Pl 105, figs 8-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderClymeniina
superfamilyPlatyclymeniaceaeWedekind 1914
familyPlatyclymeniidaeWedekind 1914
subfamilyPlatyclymeniinaeWedekind 1914
genusPlatyclymeniaHyatt 1884
subgenusPlatyclymeniaHyatt 1884
speciesalterna

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
partNmean
shell height17.00
shell diameter123.5
shell inflation111.0

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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Australia (New South Wales) Platyclymenia alterna (type locality: 69306)