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Platystegos loricatum
Taxonomy
Platystegos loricatum was named by Dawson (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coal Mine Point; Divison 4, Section XV, coal-group 15, which is in a Westphalian A mire/swamp sandstone/coal in the Joggins Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Platystegos loricatum Dawson |
| 1902 | Platystegos loricatum Hay p. 418 |
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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.
†Platystegos loricatum Dawson 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian A | Canada (Nova Scotia) | Platystegos loricatum (type locality: 28069) |