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Platypygus
Taxonomy
Platipygus was named by de Loriol (1902) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi]. Its type is Platipygus posthumum.
It was corrected as Platypygus by Smith (2001).
It was assigned to Cassiduloidea by Kier (1962); to Faujasiidae by Chiesa et al. (1995); and to Cassiduloida by Kier (1966), Smith (2001) and Sepkoski (2002).
It was corrected as Platypygus by Smith (2001).
It was assigned to Cassiduloidea by Kier (1962); to Faujasiidae by Chiesa et al. (1995); and to Cassiduloida by Kier (1966), Smith (2001) and Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Platipygus posthumum (type species)
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Burdigalian or 56.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Casamayoran | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | P. posthumus (50067) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina | Platipygus posthumus (65180 65183) |