Platyclymenia

Platyclymenia Temporal range: Famennian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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. Fossilworks
3. Goniat On Line
4. Corbieres Fossiles