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Platysomus macrurus

Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae

Taxonomy
Platysomus macrurus was named by Agassiz (1833).

It was recombined as Globulodus macrurus by Howse (1890), Woodward (1891) and Westoll (1941); it was recombined as Eurysomus macrurus by Young (1866), Traquair (1879) and Diedrich (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Platysomus macrurus Agassiz p. 6
1835Platysomus macrurus Agassiz p. 170
1842Platysomus fuldai Münster p. 45 figs. Pl 6, fig 1
1843Uropteryx undulatus Agassiz
1848Platysomus macrurus Howse p. 234
1850Platysomus macrurus King p. 227 figs. Pl 26, fig 1a
1866Eurysomus macrurus Young
1879Eurysomus macrurus Traquair p. 359
1890Globulodus macrurus Howse
1891Globulodus macrurus Woodward p. 534
1931Lekanichthys howsei Brough
1934Lekanichthys howsei Brough
1941Globulodus macrurus Westoll p. 45
1984Platysomus macrurus Holzapfel and Malzahn p. 86 figs. Pl 2, figs 10-15.
2009Eurysomus macrurus Diedrich p. 82 fig. 9a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPlatysomoidei()
familyPlatysomidae
genusPlatysomus
speciesmacrurus

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.

†Platysomus macrurus Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Lekanichthys howsei Brough 1934 [synonym], Uropteryx undulatus Agassiz 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany Platysomus macrurus (96856 130037)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Globulodus macrurus (131704)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Platysomus macrurus (90264 90266)