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    12. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Platyceramus. Paleoecology of giant Inoceramidae (Platyceramus) on a Santonian (Cretaceous) seafloor in Colorado...
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    schools of fish sometimes sought shelter within the shell of the giant Platyceramus. The shells of the genus are known for being composed of prismatic calcitic...
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    than 200 kg (441 lb). The largest known extinct bivalve is a species of Platyceramus whose fossils measure up to 3,000 mm (118 in) in length. In his 2010...
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    (3.7 ft) and depth of 0.75 m (2.5 ft). The largest bivalve ever was Platyceramus platinus, a Cretaceous giant that reached an axial length of up to 3 m...
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    spawned larvae at least several hundred meters away after only 10 years. Platyceramus, the largest bivalve in the fossil record Wells, S. (1996). Tridacna...
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    Neoinoceramus Ihering, 1902 Genus Parainoceramus Voronetz, 1936 Genus Platyceramus Heinz, 1932 Genus Pseudomytiloides Koschelkina, 1963 Genus Retroceramus...
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    Cretaceous. The taxonomy of the inoceramids is disputed, with genera such as Platyceramus sometimes classified as subgenus within Inoceramus. Also the number of...
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    Pseudoperna congesta fossil oysters encrusting a large Platyceramus platinus bivalve shell, Smoky Hill Chalk member of Niobrara Formation . Photo in place...
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    The largest known bivalve ever as well as the largest inoceramid was Platyceramus platinus, a giant that usually had an axial length of 1 m (3 ft 3 in)...
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  • comparable form †PlatyceramusPlatyceramus cycloides †Platyceramus ezoensis - or unidentified loosely related form †Platyceramus heinei †Platyceramus mantelli...
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