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Platycephalus petilus
Taxonomy
Platycephalus petilus was named by Stinton (1957). Its type specimen is NMV P 17412, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mitchell River at Bairnsdale, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Australia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1957 | Platycephalus petilus Stinton p. 90 |
| 1985 | Platycephalus petilus Schwarzhans p. 42 |
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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.
†Platycephalus petilus Stinton 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Platycephalus petilus (type locality: 174215) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Platycephalus petilus (72231) |