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Placenticeras paraplanum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae

Taxonomy
Placenticeras paraplanum was named by Wiedmann (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pass Gschütt (Gapp collection), which is in a Santonian shallow subtidal shale in the Hochmoos Formation of Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Placenticeras paraplanum Wiedmann p. 666 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4; text-fig 2A
1979Placenticeras paraplanum Summesberger p. 152 figs. Pl 13, figs 53-57; text-figs 38,39
1985Placenticeras paraplanum Amédro and Hancock figs. 11a-c,f,g
1995Placenticeras paraplanum Kennedy p. 411 figs. Pl 17, figs 11,12; pl 18, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea(Douvillé 1890)
familyPlacenticeratidae
genusPlacenticerasMeek 1876
speciesparaplanum

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.

Placenticeras paraplanum Wiedmann 1978
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Diagnosis
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