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Platycystidia

Taxonomy
Platycystidia was named by Cookson and Eisenack (1960). It is not extant. Its type is Platycystidia diptera.

It was assigned to Acritarcha by Andrews (1970) and Burger (1996).

Species
P. diptera (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Platycystidia Cookson and Eisenack
1970Platycystidia Andrews
1996Platycystidia Burger

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
AcritarchaEvitt 1963
genusPlatycystidiaCookson and Eisenack 1960

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Platycystidia Cookson and Eisenack 1960
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Platycystidia diptera Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available