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Platycercus
Taxonomy
Platycercus was named by Vigors (1825). It is extant.
It was assigned to Platycercidae by Baird (1992); and to Psittaculidae by Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Platycercidae by Baird (1992); and to Psittaculidae by Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Platycercus Vigors |
| 1992 | Platycercus Baird p. 28 |
| 2017 | Platycercus Clements et al. |
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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. Platycercus Vigors 1825
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Platycercus elegans Gmelin 1788 [crimson rosella]
Platycercus icterotis Temminck and Kuhl 1820 [western rosella]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | P. sp., P. elegans (194980) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | P. sp. (136072 136157) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | P. icterotus (194981) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | P. elegans (138410) |