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Platylaemus colei

Osteichthyes - Labriformes - Labridae

Taxonomy
Platylaemus colei was named by Dixon (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bognor Regis, London Clay, which is in a Ypresian offshore claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Platylaemus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Platylaemus colei Dixon p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderLabriformes
familyLabridae(Cuvier 1816)
genusPlatylaemus
speciescolei

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.

Platylaemus colei Dixon 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Platylaemus colei (type locality: 8050)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Platylaemus colei (41888 41989 41992 41994 41996 41998)