Platyclymeniidae

Platyclymeniidae 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 Wedekind 1914

Platyclymeniidae is a family of ammonites belonging to the order Clymeniida.

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Devonian period, Famennian stage (364.7 to 360.7 Ma).

Subfamilies and genera[]

Subfamilies and genera within the family Platyclymeniidae include:^[1]

• Subfamily Korn, 2002
  • Genus Korn, 1999
  • Genus Czarnocki, 1989
  • Genus Lange, 1929
• Subfamily Wedekind, 1914
  • Genus Korn and Price, 1987
  • Genus Platyclymenia Sepkoski, Jr., 2002
  • Genus Schindewolf, 1937
  • Genus Bogoslovsky, 1962
  • Genus Schindewolf, 1934
  • Genus Wedekind, 1908
• Subfamily Korn, 2002
  • Genus Korn, 2002
  • Genus Korn, 2002
  • Genus Schindewolf, 1934
  • Genus Schindewolf, 1926

Distribution[]

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian sediments of Australia, China, Morocco, Poland and United States.^[1]

References[]

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