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Taxonomy
Platylichas infimus was named by Campbell and Chatterton (2006). Its type specimen is UA 9774, a pygidium, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Fauna a, Section AV1, Whittaker Fm., Mackenzie Mts., which is in an Aeronian deep subtidal shelf limestone/shale in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Platylichas infimus Campbell and Chatterton p. 515 figs. Fig. 2.1 |
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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.
†Platylichas infimus Campbell and Chatterton 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Aeronian or 443.10000 to 438.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rhuddanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Platylichas infimus (228984) | |
| Aeronian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Platylichas infimus (type locality: 26027) |