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Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polyptychitidae

Taxonomy
Tolypeceras was named by Hyatt (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala-l].

It was reranked as Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) by Wright et al. (1996).

It was assigned to Platylenticeras by Wright et al. (1996); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Tolypeceras Hyatt p. 103
1996Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) Wright et al. p. 36
2002Tolypeceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctaceaeSteinman 1890
familyPolyptychitidaeWedekind 1918
subfamilyCraspeditinae(Spath 1934)
genusPlatylenticeras
subgenusTolypeceras()

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. †Platylenticeras (Tolypeceras) Hyatt 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Valanginian to the top of the Hauterivian or 140.20000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Germany Platylenticeras undulatum, Platylenticeras coronatum, Platylenticeras marcousianum, Platylenticeras costellatum, Platylenticeras simplex, Platylenticeras denticulatum, Platylenticeras fragile, Platylenticeras pingue (95087)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Gmina Tomaszów Mazowiecki) Platylenticeras fragile (192514 192515 192516)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Czech Republic Platylenticeras marcousianum (66159)