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Platyclymenia ibnsinai

Cephalopoda - Clymeniida - Platyclymeniidae

Taxonomy
Platyclymenia ibnsinai was named by Korn (1999). Its type specimen is GPIT 1850-8, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southwest of Oum El Hadj, which is in a Famennian marine horizon in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Platyclymenia ibnsinai Korn p. 159 figs. Pl 5, figs 4,5; text-figs 7A-D,F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderClymeniidaHyatt 1884
suborderClymeniina
superfamilyPlatyclymeniaceaeWedekind 1914
familyPlatyclymeniidaeWedekind 1914
subfamilyPlatyclymeniinaeWedekind 1914
genusPlatyclymeniaHyatt 1884
speciesibnsinai

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 height315.28.8037.210.815.9
shell diameter338.422.392.527.439.1
shell inflation314.98.9034.011.013.9

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: Middle Famennian or 368.50000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Morocco Platyclymenia ibnsinai (type locality: 170852 170853 170854)