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Platygoniatites molaris

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Delepinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Platygoniatites molaris was named by Ruzhentsev (1956). Its type specimen is PIN 455/209, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Platygoniatites molaris Ruzhentsev p. 158 figs. 1-3
1971Platygoniatites molaris Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 217 figs. Pl 12, figs 2,3; pl 13, figs 2-4; text-figs 40, 41a-e
2016Platygoniatites molaris Korn and Sudar p. 209 figs. 19A, 20A

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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
speciesmolarisRuzhentsev 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.

Platygoniatites molaris Ruzhentsev 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1123.16.2080.021.024.5
shell diameter1147.211.8180.042.856.4
shell inflation115.010.70035.54.9011.9

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pendleian or 330.90000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0Serbia and Montenegro Platygoniatites molaris (177519)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan Platygoniatites molaris (8421 166865 166866 166878 166879 166880 166881 166882 166884 166885 166886 166887 166888 166889 166891 166892 166893 166894 166895 166897 166898)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) Platygoniatites molaris (166475 166900 166930 166937 166944 166945)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Platygoniatites molaris (166951 166952)