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Orbitoplax
Taxonomy
Orbitoplax was named by Tucker and Feldmann (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u]. Its type is Orbitoplax plafkeri.
It was assigned to Goneplacidae by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2002); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Euryplacinae by Tucker and Feldmann (1990), Karasawa and Kato (2003); and to Euryplacidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Goneplacidae by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2002); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Euryplacinae by Tucker and Feldmann (1990), Karasawa and Kato (2003); and to Euryplacidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Orbitoplax Tucker and Feldmann p. 421 |
| 2002 | Orbitoplax Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 961 |
| 2002 | Orbitoplax Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Orbitoplax Karasawa and Kato p. 139 |
| 2006 | Orbitoplax Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 57 |
| 2010 | Orbitoplax Schweitzer et al. p. 134 |
| 2017 | Orbitoplax Luque et al. p. 45 |
| 2022 | Orbitoplax Schweitzer et al. p. 7 |
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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. †Orbitoplax Tucker and Feldmann 1990
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†Orbitoplax aldersoni Squires 1980
†Orbitoplax plafkeri Tucker and Feldmann 1990
†Orbitoplax tuckerae Schweitzer 2000
†Orbitoplax weaveri Rathbun 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 56.00000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | USA (Washington) | Glyphithyreus weaveri (146903) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Oregon) | O. weaveri (193969 237931 237932 237933 237936 237937) Plagiolophus weaveri (90092) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | Glyphithyreus weaveri (201247) | |
| Eocene | USA (California) | O. weaveri (138985 138986 139006) | |
| Lutetian | USA (California) | Glyphithyreus weaveri (51922) O. weaveri (200664 200667 200668) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Glyphithyreus weaveri (202049) O. weaveri (138987 139005 139007) | |
| Priabonian | Italy | O. sp. (226756) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | USA (Alaska) | O. plafkeri (7954) |