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Platycephalus parapercoides

Osteichthyes - Perciformes - Platycephalidae

Taxonomy
Platycephalus parapercoides was named by Schwarzhans (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waihao River, south branch, which is in a Bortonian marine sandstone in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. indicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Platycephalus parapercoides Schwarzhans p. 162
2019Platycephalus parapercoides Schwarzhans p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familyPlatycephalidae
genusPlatycephalusBloch 1795
speciesparapercoides

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 parapercoides Schwarzhans 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Mangaorapan to the top of the Bortonian or 52.00000 to 39.10000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mangaorapan52.0 - 48.9New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus parapercoides (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan52.0 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus parapercoides (219500)
Heretaungan48.9 - 45.7New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus parapercoides (219498)
Porangan45.7 - 42.6New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus parapercoides (219502)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus parapercoides (type locality: 219322 219503 219504 219508 219509)