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Platymena plana

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae

Taxonomy
Platymena plana was named by Cooper (1956). Its type specimen is USNM 117759b and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 100 yards south of the Negro Cemetery, ½ mile northeast of Friendsville, Concord, which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone in the Arline Formation of Tennessee. It is the type species of Platymena.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Platymena plana Cooper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyGlyptomenidaeWilliams 1965
subfamilyGlyptomeninaeWilliams 1965
genusPlatymenaCooper 1956
speciesplana

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.

Platymena plana Cooper 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:13:23
Modified: 2009-04-13 11:03:33
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Chazyan or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (Tennessee) Platymena plana (164884 type locality: 186138)