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Platypleuroceras orbis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Taxonomy
Platypleuroceras orbis was named by Bremer (1965). Its type specimen is Tübingen Ce 1259/71 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kösrelik, Ankara, which is in a Pliensbachian marine marl in Türkiye.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aureum, P. natrix, P. oblongus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Platypleuroceras orbis Bremer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyEoderoceratoidea(Spath 1929)
familyPolymorphitidae
subfamilyPolymorphitinae
genusPlatypleurocerasHyatt 1867
speciesorbis

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.

†Platypleuroceras orbis Bremer 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Platypleuroceras orbis (type locality: 218658)