Platyclymenia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Platyclymeniidae.

Platyclymenia
Temporal range: Famennian
Fossil of Platyclymenia from Erfoud (Morocco)
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Platyclymenia

( Hyatt, 1884)

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Devonian period, Famennian stage (364.7 to 360.7 Ma).[1][2]

Species

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Species within the genus Platyclymenia include:[2]

Description

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Shells of Platyclymenia species can reach a diameter of 0.7–47 millimetres (0.028–1.850 in).[3][4]

Distribution

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Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian sediments of Australia, China, Morocco, Poland and United States.[2]

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