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Plotopterum
Taxonomy
Plotopterum was named by Howard (1969).
It was assigned to Plotopteridae by Howard (1969), Howard (1972), Olson (1980), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Olson and Hasegawa (1996), Goedert and Cornish (2002), Sakurai et al. (2008), Kaiser et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Plotopteridae by Howard (1969), Howard (1972), Olson (1980), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Olson and Hasegawa (1996), Goedert and Cornish (2002), Sakurai et al. (2008), Kaiser et al. (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1969 | Plotopterum Howard p. 68 |
| 1972 | Plotopterum Howard p. 7 |
| 1980 | Plotopterum Olson p. 51 |
| 1985 | Plotopterum Olson p. 205 |
| 1988 | Plotopterum Carroll |
| 1996 | Plotopterum Olson and Hasegawa p. 742 |
| 2002 | Plotopterum Goedert and Cornish p. 67 |
| 2008 | Plotopterum Sakurai et al. p. 87 |
| 2015 | Plotopterum Kaiser et al. p. 8 figs. Table 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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Burdigalian or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | USA (California) | P. joaquinensis (11601) | |
| Burdigalian | Japan (Gifu) | P. sp. (80280) |