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Orthonychia dentalium

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras (Orthonychia) dentalium was named by Hall (1862) [Platyceras (Orthonychia) dentalium Hall 1862]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platyceras dentalium by Linsley (1994); it was recombined as Orthonychia dentalium by Hall (1879), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Platyceras (Orthonychia) dentalium Hall p. 29
1879Orthonychia dentalium Hall figs. pl. 1 f. 3-7
1978Platyceras (Orthonychia) dentalium Rohr and Smith p. 1239 figs. pl. 1 f. 14; pl. 2 f. 14-15
1994Platyceras dentalium Linsley
2023Orthonychia dentalium Wagner p. 635

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusOrthonychia
speciesdentalium()

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.

Orthonychia dentalium Hall 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-04 11:04:31
Modified: 2010-02-04 13:04:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Ohern and Maynard 1913, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Eifelian or 419.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Northwest Territories) Platyceras dentalium (3748 3749 3750)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) Orthonychia dentalium (9538)