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Platyostoma euomphaloides

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4957504https://www.gbif.org/species/4957504
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)76875https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=76875
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyostoma : Platyostoma euomphaloides
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Platyostoma euomphaloides
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
subgenusPlatyceras (Platyostoma)
speciesPlatyostoma euomphaloidesHall 1879
Generic NamePlatyostoma
Scientific NamePlatyostoma euomphaloides Hall, 1879
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Platyostoma euomphaloidesspeciesbelongs to Platyostomastated without evidenceHall, 1879
Platyostoma euomphaloidesspeciesbelongs to Platyostomastated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance388 - 383 Ma
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. 1879. Containing descriptions of the Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, and Cephalopoda of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, and Chemung Groups. Natural History of New York, Paleontology 5(2):1-492

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1879Platyostoma euomphaloides Hall p. 299 figs. pl. 10 f. 27-29
1912Platyostoma euomphaloides Kindle p. 97
1913Platyostoma euomphaloides Prosser and Kindle pp. 299 - 300 figs. pl. 37 f. 13-15
1965Platyostoma euomphaloides Ellison pp. 151 - 152 figs. pl. 17 f. 11
2017Platyostoma euomphaloides Wagner p. 4401

References

Hall J. Containing descriptions of the Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, and Cephalopoda of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, and Chemung Groups, Natural History of New York, Paleontology 5 2, 1-492
Kindle E. M. (1912) The Onondaga fauna of the Allegheny region, United States Geology Survey Bulletin 508, 1-144
Prosser C.M., Kindle E.M. (1913) Systematic paleontology of the Middle Devonian deposits of Maryland, Systematic paleontology of the Middle Devonian deposits of Maryland, 115-338
Ellison R. L. (1965) Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Mahantango Formation in south-central Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Geological Survey Bulletin G48, 1-298
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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