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Placenticeras kaffrarium

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)129627https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=129627
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Placenticeratidae : Placenticeras : Placenticeras kaffrarium
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHoplitoidea
familyPlacenticeratidaeHyatt 1900
genusPlacenticerasMeek 1876
speciesPlacenticeras kaffrariumEtheridge 1904
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Placenticeras kaffrariumspeciesbelongs to Placenticerasstated with evidenceEtheridge, 1904
Placenticeras kaffrariumspeciesbelongs to Proplacenticerasstated with evidenceKinger and Kennedy, 1980
Placenticeras kaffrariumspeciesbelongs to Placenticerasstated without evidenceKlinger and Kennedy, 1989
Placenticeras kaffrariumspeciesbelongs to Placenticerasstated with evidenceKennedy, 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance89.8 - 86.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance89.3 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. C. Kinger and W., J. Kennedy. 1980. Upper Cretaceous ammonites and inoceramids from the off-shore Alphard Group of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 82(7):293-320

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1904Placenticeras kaffrarium Etheridge p. 89 figs. pl. 3, fig. 16
1980Proplacenticeras kaffrarium Kinger and Kennedy p. 303
1989Placenticeras kaffrarium Klinger and Kennedy p. 268
2018Placenticeras kaffrarium Kennedy p. 679 figs. 12-14

References

Kinger H. C., Kennedy W, J. (1980) Upper Cretaceous ammonites and inoceramids from the off-shore Alphard Group of South Africa, Annals of the South African Museum 82 7, 293-320
Klinger H. C., Kennedy W. J. (1989) Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Placenticeratidae Hyatt, 1900; with comments on the systematic position of the genus Hypengonoceras Spath, 1924, Annals of the South African Museum 98 9, 241-408
Kennedy W. J. (2018) Systematic palaeontology - ammonites, in Inoceramids and associated ammonite faunas from the uppermost Turonian-lower Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Anaipadi–Saradamangalam region of the Cauvery Basin, south-east India, Acta Geologica Polonica 68, 663-687
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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