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Platyaxum

Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae

Taxonomy
Platyaxum was named by Davis (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi D Fras]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coenitidae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Platyaxum Davis
1981Platyaxum Hill
2002Platyaxum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyCoenitidaeSardeson 1896
genusPlatyaxumDavis 1887

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.

G. †Platyaxum Davis 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Frasnian or 413.02000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Austria (Kärnten) P. altechedatense (81664)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia P. sp. (83394)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Austria P. altechedatense (227919)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany P. escharoides, P. leve (25365) P. escharoides, P. rhenanum, P. clathratum, P. leve (25364) P. gradatum (144943) P. laminosum (25368) P. sp. (60130) P. taenioforme (60466)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) P. escharoides, P. clathratum (82032) P. gradatum, P. escharoides, P. taeniforme, P. clathratum (79637) P. taeniforme, P. escharoides (79636)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (24210)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Kentucky) P. foliatum, P. orthosoleniskum, P. undosum (76992)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Indiana) P. alicornis (11101) P. foliatum, P. orthosoleniskum, P. undosum (5702)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Kentucky) P. frondosum (5709)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Morocco P. sp. (167785 167788)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany P. clathratum, P. sp., P. gradatum (227413) P. escharoides, P. gradatum, P. leve (25369) P. gradatum (197084) P. sp. (60149 60150 60159 60164)
Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian387.95 - 383.4Morocco P. sp. (221398) P. taenioforme (221400)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Asturias) P. sp. (80293) P. sp., P. taenioforme (80292)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (80375)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Castilla-León) P. sp. (80711)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Morocco P. sp. (74491 227026)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany P. taeniforme (36682 36683 36684 36685)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany P. gradatum (197087) P. sp. (60183)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. gracile (82483 82486)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany P. sp. (227713 227717)