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Platotropites

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tropitidae

Taxonomy
Platotropites was named by Wang and He (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tropitidae by Tozer (1981); and to Ceratitida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Platotropites Wang and He
1981Platotropites Tozer p. 98
2002Platotropites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyTropitaceae(Mojsisovics 1875)
familyTropitidaeMojsisovics 1875
genusPlatotropitesWang and He 1976

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. †Platotropites Wang and He 1976
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Platotropites rotulus Wang and He 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available