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Placites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Pinacocerataceae
Family:
Pinacoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Placites MOJSISOVICS, 1896
Type Species:
Pinacoceras platyphyllum MOJSISOVICS, 1873
Images
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Fig. 213,2b. P. oxyphyllus (Mojs.), Nor., Alps-Sicily, x1 (292*), Fig. 213,2a, P. postsymmetricum (Mojs.), Nor., Alps, x0.7 (292*)
Synonyms
Paragymnites, Paraplacites
Geographic Distribution
Alps-Sicily-Balkan-Hima-laya-Timor-Sib.-Calif.-Nev.-Peru
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Carn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Nor.)
Ending International Stage:
Norian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
205.74
Description
Involute, smooth, compressed, with closed umbilicus, flattened whorl sides, rounded venter. Suture not as complex as in Pinacouras
References
Mojsisovics, E. V., 1896, Beiträge zu Kenntnis der Obertriadischen Cephalopoden-fauna des Himalaya: Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr., Band 63, p. 575-701, pl. 1-22.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ceratitida
Superfamily:
Pinacocerataceae
Family:
Pinacoceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Placites MOJSISOVICS, 1896
Type Species:
Pinacoceras platyphyllum MOJSISOVICS, 1873
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 213,2b. P. oxyphyllus (Mojs.), Nor., Alps-Sicily, x1 (292*), Fig. 213,2a, P. postsymmetricum (Mojs.), Nor., Alps, x0.7 (292*)
Synonyms
Paragymnites, Paraplacites
Geographic Distribution
Alps-Sicily-Balkan-Hima-laya-Timor-Sib.-Calif.-Nev.-Peru
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Carn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Carnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
237
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Trias.(Nor.)
Ending International Stage:
Norian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
205.74
Description
Involute, smooth, compressed, with closed umbilicus, flattened whorl sides, rounded venter. Suture not as complex as in Pinacouras
References
Mojsisovics, E. V., 1896, Beiträge zu Kenntnis der Obertriadischen Cephalopoden-fauna des Himalaya: Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr., Band 63, p. 575-701, pl. 1-22.