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Platyantyx

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Platyantyx was named by Whittington (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi]. Its type is Bathyurus arcuatus.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Platyantyx Whittington p. 667
2002Platyantyx Jell and Adrain p. 426
2002Platyantyx Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
genusPlatyantyx

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. †Platyantyx Whittington 1953
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Platyantyx arcuatus Billings 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available