Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Platidiidae
Parent taxon: Platidiinae according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Aemula, Germanoplatidia, Scumulus
Subtaxa: Platidia anomioides Platidia blowi Platidia marylandica
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Vanuatu (4)
• Pliocene of Cuba (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (2), Cuba (2), the Czech Republic (3), Hungary (7), Iran (2), Poland (7)
• Oligocene of Germany (3), Iran (1)
• Eocene of Austria (12), Cuba (1), Ukraine (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (5), United States (2: Maryland, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 55 collections including 56 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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