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Platysiphon

Cephalopoda - Endocerida - Proterocameroceratidae

Taxonomy
Platysiphon was named by Flower (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren]. Its type is Platysiphon expansum.

It was assigned to Proterocameratidae by Crick (1981); to Endocerida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proterocameroceratidae by Teichert et al. (1964) and Evans (2011).

Species
P. expansum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Platysiphon Flower
1964Platysiphon Teichert et al. p. 170
1981Platysiphon Crick p. 226
2002Platysiphon Sepkoski
2011Platysiphon Evans

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassEndoceratoideaTeichert 1933
orderEndoceridaHyatt in Zittel 1900
familyProterocameroceratidaeKobayashi 1937
genusPlatysiphonFlower 1956

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.

G. †Platysiphon Flower 1956
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Platysiphon expansum Flower 1956
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: 2005-10-06 14:33:07
Modified: 2008-02-28 11:13:13
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 485.40000 to 471.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean - Blackhillsian485.4 - 471.8United Kingdom (Scotland) P. sp. (188699 188708 188710 188713 188716 188726 188738 188739 188744)
Canadian485.4 - 468.1USA (Maryland) P. sp. (285 428)