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Platypleuroceras ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4626614	https://www.gbif.org/species/4626614
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15410	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15410

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Polymorphitidae : Platypleuroceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Polymorphitidae : Platypleuroceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Eoderoceratoidea
family	Polymorphitidae	Haug 1887
subfamily	Polymorphitinae	Haug 1887
genus	Platypleuroceras	Hyatt 1867

Scientific Name

Platypleuroceras Hyatt, 1867

Name Published In

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 1, no. 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Platypleuroceras	genus	belongs to Polymorphitidae	stated with evidence	Blau et al., 2000
Platypleuroceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Platypleuroceras	genus	belongs to Polymorphitinae	stated with evidence	Howarth, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

190 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

190 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ammonites caprarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platypleuroceras bituberculatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platypleuroceras brevispina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Platypleuroceras brevispinoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Platypleuroceras caprarium ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Platypleuroceras oblongum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Platypleuroceras rotundum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Platypleuroceras tenuilobus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Platypleuroceras valdaniforme ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Platypleuryceras Uhlig, 1906	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Polymorphitidae : *Platypleuryceras*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2000	Platypleuroceras Blau et al. p. 271
2002	Platypleuroceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2013	Platypleuroceras Howarth p. 53

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Blau J., Meister C., et al (2000) Upper Sinemurian and lower Pliensbachian ammonite faunas from Herford-Diebrock area (NW Germany), Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74, 259-280

Howarth M. K. (2013) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Revised, Volume 3B, Chapter 4: Psiloceratoidea, Eoderoceratoidea, Hildoceratoidea, Treatise Online 57, 1-139

GBIF/Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR Service - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 1, no. 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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