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Planetoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Planetoceratidae

Taxonomy
Planetoceratidae was named by Korn (2025). Its type is Planetoceras.

It was assigned to Liroceratoidea by Korn (2025).

Subtaxa
Planetoceras (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Planetoceratidae Korn p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
suborderLiroceratinaFlower 1955
superfamilyLiroceratoidea()
familyPlanetoceratidae
familyPlanetoceratidae

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.

Fm. †Planetoceratidae Korn 2025
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G. †Planetoceras Hyatt 1893
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†Planetoceras bellilineatum Miller et al. 1933
†Planetoceras destrictum Korn et al. 2022
†Planetoceras globatum Sowerby 1824
†Planetoceras invenustum Shimanskiy 1967
†Planetoceras janischevskyi Shimanskiy 1967
†Planetoceras schartimiense Janischewsky 1900
†Planetoceras tiltoni Miller et al. 1933
†Planetoceras transforme Korn et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 346.70000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian - Chadian353.7 - 339.9Ireland Planetoceras globatum (76501)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9Algeria Planetoceras destrictum, Planetoceras transforme (224275)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Russian Federation Nautilus schartimiensis (166470) Planetoceras janischevskyi, Planetoceras invenustum (166305)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Ukraine Planetoceras yefimenkoi (228668)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Planetoceras postremum (126279 126738)