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Platyceras cordatus
Taxonomy
Metoptoma cordata was named by Whidborne (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wolborough Quarry, on the east side of the A381 due east of Wolborough church, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Torquay Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Capulus cordatus by Whidborne (1891); it was recombined as Platyceras cordatus by Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Capulus cordatus by Whidborne (1891); it was recombined as Platyceras cordatus by Wagner (2023).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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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.
†Platyceras cordatus Whidborne 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Knight et al. 1960 | |||||