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Platygoniatites nudus

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Delepinoceratidae

Taxonomy
Platygoniatites nudus was named by Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya (1971). Its type specimen is PIN 455/10278, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhaksy-Kargala River, Sample 1, which is in a Pendleian carbonate limestone in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Platygoniatites nudus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya p. 218 figs. Pl 13, figs 5,6; pl 14, fig 1; text-fig 41f

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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
speciesnudus

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 nudus Ruzhentsev and Bogoslovskaya 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height521.711.846.222.613.6
shell diameter544.023.4102.044.031.3
shell inflation54.821.7018.04.606.60

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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0Kazakhstan Platygoniatites nudus (type locality: 166865)