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Placites oldhami

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Placites oldhami was named by von Mojsisovics (1896). It is not extant. Its type locality is Lauka, Daonella beds, which is in a Carnian carbonate limestone in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. insectus, P. intuslabiatus, P. polydactylus, P. sakuntula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Placites oldhami von Mojsisovics

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
subfamilyPlacitinaeWang and He 1976
genusPlacitesMojsisovics 1896
speciesoldhami

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.

†Placites oldhami von Mojsisovics 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3India Placites oldhami (type locality: 210922)