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Orthonychia extensum

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras extensum was named by Barrois (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chateau-Briant, just east of Erbray, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Calcaire d’Erbray Formation of France.

It was recombined as Orthonychia extensum by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Platyceras extensum Barrois p. 194 figs. pl. 12 f. 10
2023Orthonychia extensum Wagner p. S7047

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusOrthonychia
speciesextensum()

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.

Orthonychia extensum Barrois 1889
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-04 11:04:31
Modified: 2010-02-04 13:04:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Ohern and Maynard 1913

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France Platyceras extensum (154581)