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Platyceras magnificum

Description

Platyceras is a genus of extinct Paleozoic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Platyceratidae. This genus is known from the Silurian to the Middle Triassic periods and especially abundant in the Devonian and Carboniferous. It is the type genus of the family Platyceratidae.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5933714https://www.gbif.org/species/5933714
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)75269https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=75269
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Platyceras magnificum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Platyceras magnificum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassEogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1996
orderEuomphalinade Koninck 1881
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea
familyPlatyceratidaeHall 1859
genusPlatycerasConrad 1840
speciesPlatyceras magnificumHall 1859
Generic NamePlatyceras
Scientific NamePlatyceras magnificum (Hall, 1859)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Platyceras magnificumspeciesbelongs to Platycerasstated without evidenceHall, 1859
Platyceras magnificumspeciesbelongs to Platyceras (Platyceras)stated with evidenceYochelson and Kíž, 1974
Platyceras magnificumspeciesbelongs to Platycerasstated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Platyceratidae)
Motilityfacultatively mobile, epibiont (based on Platyceras)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietparasite (based on Platyceras)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Platyceratoidea)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Platyceratidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Hall. 1859. Notes and observations upon the fossils of the Goniatite Limestone, in the Marcellus shale of the Hamilton group, and those of the Goniatite beds of Rockford, Indiana, with some analogous forms from the Hamilton Group proper. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 13:95-112
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyceras_magnificum

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1859Platyceras magnificum Hall figs. pl. 119 f. 4a-b, 6a-b
1974Platyceras (Platyceras) magnificum Yochelson and Kříž p. 478 figs. 2, 6
2017Platyceras magnificum Wagner p. 4701

References

Hall J. Notes and observations upon the fossils of the Goniatite Limestone, in the Marcellus shale of the Hamilton group, and those of the Goniatite beds of Rockford, Indiana, with some analogous forms from the Hamilton Group proper, Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 13, 95-112
Yochelson E. L., Kíž J. (1974) Platyceratid Gastropods from the Oriskany Sandstone (Lower Devonian) near Cumberland, Maryland: Synonymies, Preservation and Color Markings, Journal of Paleontology 48 3, 474-483
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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