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Platyceras carinatum

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)5933770https://www.gbif.org/species/5933770
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)75232https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=75232
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Platyceras carinatum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Platyceras : Platyceras carinatum
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 carinatumHall 1862
Generic NamePlatyceras
Scientific NamePlatyceras carinatum Hall, 1862
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Platyceras carinatumspeciesbelongs to Platycerasstated without evidenceHall, 1862
Platyceras carinatumspeciesbelongs to Platycerasstated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance393 - 388 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. 1862. Contributions to palaeontology; comprising descriptions of new species of fossils from the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung Groups. 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 15:29-155
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyceras_carinatum

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1862Platyceras carinatum Hall
1879Platyceras carinatum Hall pp. 5 - 6 figs. pl. 2 f. 12-29
1961Platyceras carinatum Fagerstrom p. 39 figs. pl. 13 f. 3-5
2017Platyceras carinatum Wagner p. 649

References

Hall J. Contributions to palaeontology; comprising descriptions of new species of fossils from the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung Groups, 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 15, 29-155
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
Fagerstrom J. A. (1961) The fauna of the Middle Devonian Formosa Reef Limestone of southwestern Ontario, Journal of Paleontology 35 1, 1-48
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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