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Taxonomy
Phaxas is a genus. It is extant.
It was assigned to Cultellidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Cultellidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Phaxas Cox et al. p. N612 |
| 2002 | Phaxas Sepkoski |
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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.
G. Phaxas
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | Belgium | P. sp. (77611) | |
| Middle Eocene | Japan | P. brevis (70967 71011 71025) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | P. decipiens (118257 118317) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | P. decipiens (118303) |