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Description: | Specimen of a fossil gastropod, Platyceras sp., collected from unspecified rocks of Middle Devonian age from Eifel, Rhine, Germany. Collected by W.K. Loftus (?).
Platyceras was a gastropod (sea snail). The shell of this snail is an unusual shape, it has a very wide aperture (mouth), with a frilled edge. This animal was probably a scavenger, eating the remains of dead animals. Fossils of this snail have sometimes been found on the heads of crinoids, and it is possible that Platyceras was eating tiny animals that lived on the surface of crinoids.
The specimen was found in Germany.
It is from the Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Gastropoda Classification: Animalia Invertebrata William K. (?) Mollusca Loftus | Temporal: | Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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