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Platypterna tenuis
Taxonomy
Ornithoidichnites tenuis was named by Hitchcock (1837). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is The Cove, Wethersfield, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Portland Formation of Connecticut.
It was recombined as Platypterna tenuis by Hitchcock (1845), Hitchcock (1848), Hitchcock (1871), Hitchcock (1889), Hitchcock (1898), Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Lull (1917), Hay (1930), Haubold (1971).
It was recombined as Platypterna tenuis by Hitchcock (1845), Hitchcock (1848), Hitchcock (1871), Hitchcock (1889), Hitchcock (1898), Hay (1902), Lull (1904), Lull (1917), Hay (1930), Haubold (1971).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1837 | Ornithoidichnites tenuis Hitchcock p. 175 |
1841 | Ornithoidichnites tenuis Hitchcock p. 494 |
1845 | Platypterna tenuis Hitchcock p. 25 |
1848 | Platypterna tenuis Hitchcock p. 189 |
1871 | Platypterna tenuis Hitchcock p. xxi |
1889 | Platypterna tenuis Hitchcock p. 118 |
1898 | Platypterna tenuis Hitchcock p. 401 |
1902 | Platypterna tenuis Hay p. 549 |
1904 | Platypterna tenuis Lull p. 517 |
1917 | Platypterna tenuis Lull p. 120 |
1930 | Platypterna tenuis Hay p. 19 |
1971 | Platypterna tenuis Haubold p. 82 |
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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.
†Platypterna tenuis Hitchcock 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.40000 to 192.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Hettangian - Sinemurian | USA (Connecticut) | Ornithoidichnites tenuis (type locality: 53000) Platypterna tenuis (53023) | |
Hettangian - Sinemurian | USA (Massachusetts) | Ornithoidichnites tenuis (53028) |