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Platyceras contortus
Taxonomy
Acroculia contorta was named by Römer (1843). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Cürten Strata Formation of Germany.
It was recombined as Capulus contortus by Whidborne (1891); it was recombined as Platyceras contortus by Wagner (2023).
It was recombined as Capulus contortus by Whidborne (1891); it was recombined as Platyceras contortus by Wagner (2023).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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 contortus Römer 1843
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class | |||||
| References: Knight et al. 1960, Aberhan et al. 2004, Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004 | |||||