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Platyceras (Orthonychia) compressa

Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae

Taxonomy
Platyceras (Orthonychia) compressa was named by Williams and Breger (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is locality 1099M. West side of Edmunds Hill, Chapman Township, which is in a Lochkovian delta front sandstone in the Chapman Sandstone Formation of Maine.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Orthonychia bohemica, P. naticopsis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Platyceras (Orthonychia) compressa Williams and Breger p. 262 figs. pl. 13 f. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCyrtoneritida()
familyOrthonychiidae
genusPlatyceras
subgenusOrthonychia
speciescompressa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Platyceras (Orthonychia) compressa Williams and Breger 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-04 11:04:31
Modified: 2010-02-04 13:04:31
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Ohern and Maynard 1913

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Maine) Platyceras compressa (103288 type locality: 103297)