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Platyceras (Orthonychia) cornutum

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras (Orthonychia) cornutum was named by Tschernischew (1885). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Orthonychia cornuta by Perner (1903) and Spitz (1907).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Platyceras (Orthonychia) cornutum Tschernischew p. 86 figs. pl. 3 f. 29
1903Orthonychia cornuta Perner figs. pl. 29 f. 10-11
1907Orthonychia cornuta Spitz p. 165 figs. pl. 15 f. 4a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusPlatyceras
subgenusOrthonychia
speciescornutum

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.

Platyceras (Orthonychia) cornutum Tschernischew 1885
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Helderbergian or 402.50000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Helderbergian419.2 - 393.3Italy Platyceras cornuta (26206)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Austria Orthonychia cornuta (26218 26219)