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Orthonychia sciotoensis

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras (Orthonychia) sciotoensis was named by Hyde (1953) [Platyceras (Orthonychia) sciotoensis Hyde 1953]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 2. C&O railroad cut, 3.2 K NW of Sciotoville, Harrison Township, which is in an Osagean marine sandstone/shale in the Logan Formation of Ohio.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Platyceras (Orthonychia) sciotoensis Hyde p. 334 figs. pl. 47 f. 7-9
2023Orthonychia sciotoensis Wagner p. 4398

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

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.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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: Osagean or 352.00000 to 343.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Ohio) Platyceras sciotoensis (155894)