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Platylisania

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae

Taxonomy
Platylisania was named by Zhang and Jell (1987). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lisaniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. longispina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Platylisania Zhang and Jell
2002Platylisania Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLisaniidaeChang 1963
genusPlatylisaniaZhang and Jell 1987

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. †Platylisania Zhang and Jell 1987
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-04 05:23:59
Modified: 2010-01-04 07:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Zhanaarykian or 503.00000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan P. longispina (9963 9964 118095)