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Platysomus

Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Platysomus Agassiz p. 6 figs. Vol I, Pl B, fig 1
1855Platysomus M'Coy p. 614
1872Platysomus forsteri Hancock and Atthey
1872Platysomus rotundus Hancock and Atthey
1878Platysomus Cope p. 298
1879Platysomus tenuistriatus Traquair
1891Platysomus Woodward p. 541
1891Platysomus forsteri Woodward p. 546
1891Platysomus tenuistriatus Woodward p. 548
1891Platysomus rotundus Woodward p. 549
1892Platysomus palaeoniscus Stainier
1902Platysomus Hay p. 369
1903Platysomus Eastman p. 192
1937Platysomus Aldinger p. 188
1960Platysomus Gardiner p. 365
1966Schaefferichthys Dalquest
1966Schaefferichthys leudersensis Dalquest p. 760 figs. text-fig 1
1969Platysomus Gardiner
2002Platysomus Sepkoski
2009Platysomus Diedrich p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPlatysomoidei()
familyPlatysomidae
genusPlatysomus

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. †Platysomus Agassiz 1833
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Platysomus bashkirus Minikh 1992
Platysomus biarmicus Von Eichwald 1861
Platysomus brewsteri Warren 1936
Platysomus circularis Newberry and Worthen 1870
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Invalid names: Platysomus lacovianus Cope 1891 [synonym]
Platysomus gibbosus Blainville 1818
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Invalid names: Platysomus rhombus Agassiz 1833 [synonym], Stromateus angulatus Germar 1824 [synonym]
Platysomus intermedius Münster 1842
Platysomus macrurus Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Lekanichthys howsei Brough 1934 [synonym], Uropteryx undulatus Agassiz 1843 [synonym]
Platysomus nathorsti Stensiö 1921
Platysomus palmaris Cope 1891
Platysomus parvulus Williamson 1849
Platysomus schultzei Zidek 1992
Platysomus solikamskensis Yankevich and Minikh 1998
Platysomus soloduchi Minikh 1992
Platysomus striatus Agassiz 1833
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Invalid names: Platysomus parvus Agassiz 1833 [synonym]
Platysomus superbus Traquair 1881
Platysomus swaffordae Mickle and Bader 2009
Invalid names: Platysomus forsteri Hancock and Atthey 1872 [nomen dubium], Platysomus palaeoniscus Stainier 1892 [nomen dubium], Platysomus rotundus Hancock and Atthey 1872 [nomen dubium], Platysomus tenuistriatus Traquair 1879 [nomen dubium], Schaefferichthys Dalquest 1966 [synonym], Schaefferichthys leudersensis Dalquest 1966 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Illyrian or 358.90000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Canada (Nova Scotia) P. tenuistriatus (230134)
Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (Scotland) P. superbus (90682)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) P. superbus (230308)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (229865)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Montana) P. sp. (226838)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2United Kingdom (England) P. forsteri (229856) P. parvulus (230544) P. parvulus, P. rotundus (132670) P. tenuistriatus (230546)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2United Kingdom (Flintshire) P. sp. (233388)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2United Kingdom P. forsteri, P. parvulus (230365)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2United Kingdom (Scotland) P. forsteri (230418 230423)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0United Kingdom (England) P. forsteri (230545) P. parvulus (230539)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Scotland) P. forsteri, P. parvulus (227256 227258) P. parvulus (227257 227259 227261)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Denbeighshire) P. sp. (233392)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Flintshire) P. sp. (233394 233398)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom (Staffordshire) P. parvulus (229817)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom (England) P. parvulus (229816) P. sp., P. parvulus (229497)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0United Kingdom P. forsteri (137306)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) P. circularis (112630)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (217020 217021 217022 217023)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) P. swaffordae (120926)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. schultzei (216992 216993 216994 217070)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Oklahoma) P. palmaris (221388 221392) P. sp. (221390)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Czech Republic (Hradec Králové) P. sp. (231848)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) P. sp. (130826 130828 130829)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Oklahoma) P. parvus (220872)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3South Africa (Northern Cape) P. sp. (231842)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Oklahoma) P. palmaris (85733)
Leonardian286.0 - 273.01USA (Oklahoma) P. palmaris (84941) P. sp. (180990)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Udmurtia) P. sp., P. striatus (187322)
Ufimian - Late/Upper Kazanian279.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Kirov) P. biarmicus (80022)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Schaefferichthys leudersensis (131042)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation (Perm) P. sp. (232601) P. sp., P. striatus, P. biarmicus, P. solikamskensis (232570)
Late/Upper Kazanian272.5 - 268.0Russian Federation P. sp. (197540)
Late/Upper Kazanian272.5 - 268.0Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. sp. (81111 189966)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Kazan) P. biarmicus (116803) P. soloduchi (232591)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Perm) P. biarmicus (210714)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation (Samara) P. bashkirus, P. biarmicus (232602)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation P. sp. (109484 197598 197619) P. striatus (197601) P. striatus, P. tenuistriatus (198777)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Chuvasia Republic) P. biarmicus (232562 232563 232564)
Urzhumian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. biarmicus (189971) P. sp. (196109) P. sp., P. bashkirus, P. soloduchi (79969) P. striatus, P. biarmicus (87039)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation P. biarmicus (197593 197595) P. sp. (197620) P. sp., P. biarmicus (197594)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. biarmicus (36273 124278) P. sp. (187749)
Urzhumian - Early/Lower Severodvinian266.9 - 259.51Russian Federation (Tatarstan) P. sp. (27931)
Tatarian266.9 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. biarmicus (196105 196110) P. sp. (196111) P. sp., P. biarmicus (196107 196161)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation P. sp. (197596)
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Vologda) P. biarmicus (233365)
Early/Lower Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Chuvasia Republic) P. biarmicus (232565)
Late/Upper Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Vologda) P. biarmicus (233371) P. sp., P. biarmicus (233375)
Severodvinian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. sp. (196158)
Late/Upper Severodvinian - Vyatkian264.28 - 257.4Russian Federation (Orenburg) P. biarmicus (189314)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom Globulodus macrurus, P. gibbosus (131704)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (Durham) P. gibbosus (131707)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Chaetodon sp. (90274) P. macrurus, P. striatus (90264 90266) P. striatus (90268)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greenland P. sp. (121973)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany P. gibbosus (137316 137317 140943 140944) P. intermedius (149471) P. macrurus (130037) P. macrurus, P. striatus (96856) P. striatus (130275 130278)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (232522)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Canada (British Columbia) P. brewsteri (233548)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Greenland P. sp. (48114)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Svalbard and Jan Mayen P. nathorsti (120230 120296) P. sp., P. nathorsti (120231)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (111729)