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]

• Jenkins 1968
• Raymond 1907
• Munster 1832
• Petersen 1975
• Hartenfels & Becker 2016
• Korn & Titus 2006
• 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[]

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