Platyceramus
| Platyceramus Temporal range: Cretaceous
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| Platyceramus platinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pteriida |
| Family: | †Inoceramidae |
| Genus: | †Platyceramus Heinz, 1932 |
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Platyceramus was a genus of
inoceramid lineage. It is sometimes classified as a subgenus of Inoceramus
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Size
The largest and best known species is P. platinus. Individuals of this species typically reached 1 m (3 ft 3 in) or more in axial length, but some exceptional specimens 3 m (9 ft 10 in) long have been found,.
Shells containing pearls have also been discovered.
References
- ^ Journal of Paleontology , Jan., 2007, Vol. 81, No. 1 (Jan., 2007), pp. 64-81
- ^ a b Everhart, Mike (2009). "Oyster-shell coprolites; a stratigraphic marker in the smoky hill chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Western Kansas". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science: Abstracts. 11: 12.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Platyceramus.
- Paleoecology of giant Inoceramidae (Platyceramus) on a Santonian (Cretaceous) seafloor in Colorado
- Natural History Museum: Savage Ancient Seas Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Invertebrate fossils of Kansas article
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