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Platacodon

Osteichthyes - Sciaenidae

Taxonomy
Platacodon was named by Marsh (1889). Its type is Platacodon nanus.

It was assigned to Mammalia by Marsh (1889); to Stagodontidae by Hay (1902); to Sciaenidae by Estes (1964); to Sciaenoidei by Estes and Berberian (1970); and to Teleostei by Bryant (1989).

Species
P. nanus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Platacodon Marsh
1902Platacodon Hay p. 565
1964Platacodon Estes p. 51
1970Platacodon Estes and Berberian p. 4
1989Platacodon Bryant p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
familySciaenidae(Cuvier 1828)
genusPlatacodon

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. †Platacodon Marsh 1889
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†Platacodon nanus Marsh 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticg
Created: 2005-09-14 13:41:23
Modified: 2005-09-14 15:41:23
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bryant 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Lancian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) P. sp. (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) P. nanus (36543)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) P. nanus (14502)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) P. nanus (14514 14519 14570 14590 14606) P. sp. (14587)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) P. nanus (14631)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) P. nanus (14537 192251)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) P. nanus (14655)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) P. nanus (14549 14568 144499)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) P. nanus (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) P. nanus (13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) P. sp. (45675)