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,[1] making it the largest known bivalve. Its huge but very thin shell often provided shelter for schools of small fish, some of which became trapped and fossilised themselves. The outer shell often provided habitat for its own juveniles,[2] also for oysters such as the epizoic oyster Pseudoperna congesta,[2] and barnacles.
Shells containing pearls have also been discovered.
Referencesedit
^Journal of Paleontology , Jan., 2007, Vol. 81, No. 1 (Jan., 2007), pp. 64-81
^ abEverhart, 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.
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platyceramus, genus, cretaceous, bivalve, molluscs, belonging, extinct, inoceramid, lineage, sometimes, classified, subgenus, inoceramus, temporal, range, cretaceous, platinus, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, mollusca,. Platyceramus was a genus of Cretaceous bivalve molluscs belonging to the extinct inoceramid lineage It is sometimes classified as a subgenus of Inoceramus PlatyceramusTemporal range Cretaceous Platyceramus platinus Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Bivalvia Order Pteriida Family Inoceramidae Genus PlatyceramusHeinz 1932 Species Platyceramus cycloides Wegner 1905 Platyceramus platinus Logan 1898 Size editThe 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 1 making it the largest known bivalve Its huge but very thin shell often provided shelter for schools of small fish some of which became trapped and fossilised themselves The outer shell often provided habitat for its own juveniles 2 also for oysters such as the epizoic oyster Pseudoperna congesta 2 and barnacles Shells containing pearls have also been discovered References edit 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 edit nbsp 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 nbsp This article about a prehistoric bivalve is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Platyceramus amp oldid 1184560040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
