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Platycephalus iaiunus
Taxonomy
Platycephalus iaiunus was named by Schwarzhans (2019). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.46825, an otolith, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meyers Creek, which is in a Heretaungan marine sandstone in New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Platycephalus iaiunus Schwarzhans p. 65 |
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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 iaiunus Schwarzhans 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Heretaungan to the top of the Bortonian or 48.90000 to 39.10000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Mangaorapan - Heretaungan | New Zealand (South Island) | Platycephalus iaiunus (219501) | |
| Heretaungan | New Zealand (South Island) | Platycephalus iaiunus (type locality: 219498) | |
| Bortonian | New Zealand (South Island) | Platycephalus iaiunus (219322 219503) |