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Platyxanthus
Taxonomy
Platyxanthus was named by Milne-Edwards (1863). It is extant. It is the type genus of Platyxanthidae.
It was assigned to Platyxanthidae by Schweitzer (2005), Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Platyxanthidae by Schweitzer (2005), Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1863 | Platyxanthus Milne-Edwards |
| 2005 | Platyxanthus Schweitzer p. 287 |
| 2006 | Platyxanthus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 52 |
| 2017 | Platyxanthus Luque et al. p. 36 |
| 2020 | Platyxanthus Schweitzer et al. p. 6 |
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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.
G. Platyxanthus Milne-Edwards 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.77400 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Messinian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | P. sp. (228714) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | P. sp. (228538) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | P. sp. (228539) |