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Platyhystrix

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Taxonomy
Platyhystrix was named by Williston (1911). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Zatrachydae by Watson (1919); to Dissorophidae by Carroll (1988); and to Platyhistricinae by Schoch and Milner (2014).

Species
P. rugosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Platyhystrix Williston
1919Platyhystryx Watson p. 66
1988Platyhystrix Carroll
2014Platyhystrix Schoch and Milner p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Dissorophoidea()
—Xerodromes
—Olsoniformes
familyDissorophidaeBoulenger 1902
subfamilyPlatyhistricinae
genusPlatyhystrixWilliston 1911

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. †Platyhystrix Williston 1911
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†Platyhystrix rugosus Case 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: ground dwellinguc
Diet: carnivoreuc
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2011-01-30 12:48:41
Modified: 2011-01-29 19:48:41
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Reisz et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Wolfcampian or 303.70000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) P. sp. (180633)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. rugosus (34761)
Gzhelian - Sakmarian303.7 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) P. rugosus (180989)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Utah) P. rugosus (13257)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (New Mexico) Ctenosaurus rugosus (180944) P. rugosus (80833 180106 180383 180384 180940 181077) P. sp. (180974 181078)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Colorado) P. rugosus (85479)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) P. sp. (28238 84716)