Platyclymenia

Platyclymenia
Temporal range: Famennian
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Fossil of Platyclymenia from Erfoud (Morocco)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Clymeniida
Family: Platyclymeniidae
Genus: Platyclymenia
( Hyatt, 1884)

Platyclymenia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Platyclymeniidae.

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Devonian period, Famennian stage (364.7 to 360.7 Ma).[1][2]

Species

Species within the genus Platyclymenia include:[2]

  • Platyclymenia alterna Jenkins 1968
  • Platyclymenia americana Raymond 1907
  • Platyclymenia annulata Munster 1832
  • Platyclymenia eurylobica Petersen 1975
  • Platyclymenia levata Hartenfels & Becker 2016
  • Platyclymenia montana Korn & Titus 2006
  • Platyclymenia teicherti Jenkins 1968

Description

Shells of Platyclymenia species can reach a diameter of 0.7–47 millimetres (0.028–1.850 in).[3][4]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian sediments of Australia, China, Morocco, Poland and United States.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sepkoski Online
  2. 1 2 3 Fossilworks
  3. ↑ Goniat On Line
  4. ↑ Corbieres Fossiles


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