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Platycephalus maxwelli

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Platycephalidae

Taxonomy
Platycephalus maxwelli was named by Schwarzhans (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Otekaieke special school, which is in a Waitakian marine limestone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Platycephalus maxwelli Schwarzhans p. 163
2017Platycephalus maxwelli Schwarzhans et al. p. 451
2019Platycephalus maxwelli Schwarzhans p. 188

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—EuteleosteiRosen 1973
superorderAcanthopterygii
—Percomorpha
—OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familyPlatycephalidae
genusPlatycephalusBloch 1795
speciesmaxwelli

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 maxwelli 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

Age range: base of the Duntroonian to the top of the Altonian or 27.30000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus maxwelli (219570 219612 219615)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus maxwelli (219334 type locality: 219336 219579 219580 219582)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus maxwelli (219591)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus maxwelli (219318 219592 219598 219599 219606 219744)