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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.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245029	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245029
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9117	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9117

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Platyceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Platyceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Euomphalina	de Koninck 1881
superfamily	Platyceratoidea
family	Platyceratidae	Hall 1859
genus	Platyceras	Conrad 1840

Scientific Name

Platyceras Conrad, 1840

Name Published In

[Ann. Rep. N. York Geol. Surv., 4], Assembl. No. 50

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Platyceras	genus	belongs to Platyceratidae	stated with evidence	Hall, 1859
Platyceras	genus	belongs to Capulidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Platyceras	genus	belongs to Platyceratidae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Platyceras	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Platyceras	genus	belongs to Platyceratidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

166

First Recorded Appearance

443 - 441 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

237 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Environment

marine (based on Platyceratidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile, epibiont

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

parasite

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Platyceratoidea)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Platyceratidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. A. Conrad. 1840. Third annual report on the palaeontological department of the survey. New York Geological Survey, Annual Report 4(1):199-207

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Platyceras (Euthyrachis) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Platyceras (Platyceras) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		34	439 Ma Silurian	305 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras (Platyostoma) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		255	443 Ma Silurian	260 Ma Permian
Platyceras (Tubomphalus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		6	427 Ma Silurian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras (Visitator) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		4	427 Ma Silurian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Acroculia angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acroculia erectum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Acroculia haliotis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Acroculia niagarensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	443 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Acroculia sigmoidalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acroculia uncinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Acroculia zinkeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Actita munsteriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Capulus abundans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Capulus columbinus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Capulus dormitans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Capulus galeritus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Capulus hainensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Capulus kahlebergensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Capulus multiplicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Capulus parasiticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Capulus pericompsus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Capulus squamosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Capulus terminalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Capulus ussheri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Metoptoma cordata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pileopsis angustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pileopsis gracilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Pileopsis prisca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Pileopsis vetusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras abundans ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	296 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Platyceras ammon ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras angulare species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras angulatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Platyceras angustum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras argo ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras attenuatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras auriculatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras barlettense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras bertheletensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras billingsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras bistrami ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras blatchleyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras bokkeveldense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras bucculentum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Platyceras callossum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras canalicatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras canaliculatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras carinatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Platyceras chapmani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras clintonense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras clytia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras colonus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras compressum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Platyceras compressum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Platyceras compressus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Platyceras conradi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras contortum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras contortus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	388 Ma Middle Devonian	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Platyceras cordatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Platyceras crassum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras cymbium ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras decorum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	412 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	412 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras deflectum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras dilatans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras dilatatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras disciforme ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Platyceras duriculatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras eberti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras echinatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras edmundi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras elongatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras encloides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Platyceras equilateralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras ermani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras evolutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Platyceras expansus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras fecundum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras gaspense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras gibbosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras glenparkensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Platyceras guesnini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras haliotoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras hebes ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras holzapfeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras humulus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras indianense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras laevicostatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras latum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	345 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras leboutillieri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras lejeunii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras magnificum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras mansfieldense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras marylandicum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Platyceras minutissima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras minutum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras multiplicatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Platyceras munsteriana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Platyceras nasutum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	354 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras nebraskaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras nettersheimensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras neverovoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras nodosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras oehlerti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras oxynotum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	345 Ma Carboniferous	345 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras pagoda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras paralium ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Platyceras patelliforme ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras paucispirale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras perneri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras platystomum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras plicatile ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras producti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Platyceras pronum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras pulcherrimum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Platyceras rarispinum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		10	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Platyceras reflexum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras richtum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras rictum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras robustum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras sigmoidale ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Platyceras sinuatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras spirale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras steinmanni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras subconicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras subelegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras subfalcatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras subrotundum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	339 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras subumbonatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras symmetricum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras texanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras thetiforme species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras thetis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras tribulosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras trigonus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras trilobatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras trojani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras tylotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras uncinatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Platyceras undata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras unicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras variabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras verrucosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Platyceras vetusta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	336 Ma Carboniferous
Platyceras villmarensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyceras willisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras wisconsinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyceras yochelsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	272 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Platyceras zinkeni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Actita Fahrenkohl, 1844	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : *Actita*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1840	Platyceras Conrad
1841	Acroculia Phillips
1844	Actita Fahrenkohl
1859	Platyceras Hall
1897	Platyceras Ulrich and Scofield
1960	Platyceras Knight et al. p. 240
2002	Platyceras Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Platyceras Bouchet et al. pp. 134, 246

References

Conrad T. A. Third annual report on the palaeontological department of the survey, New York Geological Survey, Annual Report 4 1, 199-207

Phillips J. Figures and descriptions of the Palaeozoic fossils of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset; observed in the course of the Ordinance Geological Survey of that district, Geological Society of London, 1-231

Fahrenkohl H. Bemerkungen ueber einige fossilien des moskowischen und kalugaischen Gouvernements, Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 17, 773-807

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Pchelintsev, V. F.; Korobkov, I. A. (1960). Osnovy Paleontologii, Molliuski, Briukhonogie. [Fundamentals of paleontology, Molluscs, Gastropods]. Gostoptekhizdat, Moskva. 360 pp., 28 pls. - via World Register of Marine Species

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

[Ann. Rep. N. York Geol. Surv., 4], Assembl. No. 50 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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