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Platycephalus

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Platycephalidae

Taxonomy
Platycephalus was named by Bloch (1795) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scorpaeniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Platycephalidae by Stinton (1957), Stinton and Nolf (1970), Nolf (1972), Schwarzhans (1980), Steurbaut (1984), Schwarzhans (1985), Schwarzhans (2007), Schwarzhans et al. (2017), Schwarzhans (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Platycephalus Bloch
1957Platycephalus Stinton p. 90
1970Platycephalus Stinton and Nolf p. 223
1972Platycephalus Nolf p. 144
1980Platycephalus Schwarzhans p. 160
1984Platycephalus Steurbaut p. 74
1985Platycephalus Schwarzhans p. 42
2002Platycephalus Sepkoski
2007Platycephalus Schwarzhans p. 341
2017Platycephalus Schwarzhans et al. p. 451
2019Platycephalus Schwarzhans p. 65

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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
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familyPlatycephalidae
genusPlatycephalusBloch 1795

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. Platycephalus Bloch 1795
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†Platycephalus aculeatus Stinton and Nolf 1970
†Platycephalus iaiunus Schwarzhans 2019
†Platycephalus lafondi Steurbaut 1984
†Platycephalus maxwelli Schwarzhans 1980
†Platycephalus parapercoides Schwarzhans 1980
†Platycephalus petilus Stinton 1957
†Platycephalus poyartinensis Steurbaut 1984
†Platycephalus riremoana Schwarzhans 2019
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 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Mangaorapan to the top of the Pleistocene or 52.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France P. aculeatus (220174)
Mangaorapan52.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) P. parapercoides (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan52.0 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) P. iaiunus (219501) P. parapercoides (219500)
Heretaungan48.9 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) P. parapercoides, P. iaiunus (219498)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany (Lower Saxony,) P. sp. (188954)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Belgium P. aculeatus (123069)
Porangan45.7 - 42.6New Zealand (South Island) P. parapercoides (219502)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) P. parapercoides (219504 219508 219509) P. parapercoides, P. iaiunus (219322 219503)
Runangan36.7 - 34.6New Zealand P. riremoana (219494)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) P. maxwelli (219570 219612 219615)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) P. maxwelli (219334 219336 219579 219580 219582)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) P. petilus (174215)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) P. maxwelli (219591)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) P. maxwelli (219318 219592 219598 219599 219606 219744) P. sp. (219341)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) P. petilus (72231)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Kagoshima) P. indicus (161455)