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Protoplatytes neglectus

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae

Taxonomy
Pinacoceras neglectum was named by von Mojsisovics (1873). Its type specimen is GBA 1873/005/0089, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zlambach (Grossen Zlambachgraben), which is in a Rhaetian carbonate limestone in the Zlambach Formation of Austria. It is the type species of Protoplatytes, Platytes.

It was recombined as Platytes neglectus by von Mojsisovics (1902); it was recombined as Protoplatytes neglectus by Spath (1951) and Tatzreiter and Zorn (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Pinacoceras neglectum von Mojsisovics p. 66 figs. Pl 27, fig 2
1902Platytes neglectus von Mojsisovics p. 333 figs. Pl 27, fig 2
1951Protoplatytes neglectus Spath p. 167
2013Protoplatytes neglectus Tatzreiter and Zorn p. 111 figs. Pl 4, fig 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
superfamilyPinacoceratoidea(Mojsisovics 1879)
familyGymnitidaeWaagen 1895
genusProtoplatytes
speciesneglectus()

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.

Protoplatytes neglectus von Mojsisovics 1873
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