Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Ptomatis patulus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon patulus was named by Hall (1843). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Patellostium patulus by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) and Prosser and Kindle (1913); it was recombined as Ptomatis patulus by Clarke (1899), Grabau and Shimer (1909), Knight (1941), Knight et al. (1960), Ellison (1965), Rollins (1966), Rollins et al. (1971), Peel (1975) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Bellerophon patulus Hall p. 196 fig. 1
1859Bellerophon patulus Hall p. 57
1876Bellerophon obsoletus Hall p. 266
1879Bellerophon obsoletus Hall figs. pl. 22 f. 6
1879Bellerophon patulus Hall p. 100 figs. pl. 22 f. 17-30; pl. 24 f. 3-10; pl. 26
1897Patellostium patulus Ulrich and Scofield p. 854
1899Ptomatis patulus Clarke
1903Bellerophon patulus Clarke p. 526
1909Ptomatis patulus Grabau and Shimer p. 624 figs. f. 841
1913Patellostium patulus Prosser and Kindle pp. 287 - 288 figs. pl. 35 f. 14
1941Ptomatis patulus Knight p. 284 figs. pl. 7 f. 1a-f
1960Ptomatis patulus Knight et al. p. 176 figs. f. 92.1
1965Ptomatis patulus Ellison pp. 145 - 146 figs. pl. 16 f. 18
1966Ptomatis patulus Rollins pp. 1 - 6 figs. f. 1-3, 4a-c
1971Ptomatis patulus Rollins et al. pp. 143 - 144
1975Ptomatis patulus Peel p. 513
2023Ptomatis patulus Wagner p. 339

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPlectonotidae()
genusPtomatis
speciespatulus()

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.

†Ptomatis patulus Hall 1843
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Ptomatis obsoleta Hall 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-20 21:23:13
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:23:13
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Frasnian or 387.70000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Ptomatis patulus (91215 91239 91246)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Bellerophon patulus (128881 128882) Ptomatis patulus (111457)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Bellerophon obsoletus (155420)