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Placites platyphyllus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Pinacoceras platyphyllum was named by von Mojsisovics (1873). It is the type species of Placites.

It was recombined as Placites platyphyllus by von Mojsisovics (1902) and Spath (1951).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Pinacoceras platyphyllum von Mojsisovics p. 50 figs. Pl 22, fig 6
1902Placites platyphyllus von Mojsisovics p. 301
1951Placites platyphyllus Spath p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
subfamilyPlacitinaeWang and He 1976
genusPlacitesMojsisovics 1896
speciesplatyphyllus()

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.

Placites platyphyllus von Mojsisovics 1873
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Diagnosis
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