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Nummocalcar (Platybasis)

Gastropoda - Discohelicidae

Taxonomy
Platybasis was named by Cossmann (1915) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo].

It was reranked as Nummocalcar (Platybasis) by Fischer and Weber (1997); it was misspelled as Platybassis by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Euomphalidae by Knight et al. (1960); to Discohelicidae by Schröder (1995); to Nummocalcar by Fischer and Weber (1997); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Platybasis Cossmann
1960Platybasis Knight et al. p. 196
1995Platybasis Schröder
1997Nummocalcar (Platybasis) Fischer and Weber p. 113
2002Platybassis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyCirroidea
familyDiscohelicidaeSchröder 1995
genusNummocalcar
subgenusPlatybasis()

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.

Subg. †Nummocalcar (Platybasis) Cossmann 1915
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:55:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:55:39
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Platybassis pulchellus (38738)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Israel Nummocalcar sp. (99127 99129 99134)