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]

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. ^ a b c Fossilworks
  3. ^ Goniat On Line
  4. ^ Corbieres Fossiles


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