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Platyzona hespera
Taxonomy
Platyzona hespera was named by Kues and Batten (2001) [= Platyzona n. sp. Kues 1984 f. 3.24 ]. Its type specimen is UNM 7069, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Talpa, which is in a Desmoinesian delta front shale/sandstone in the Flechado Formation of New Mexico.
It was corrected as Platyzona herspera by Kues and Batten (2001).
It was corrected as Platyzona herspera by Kues and Batten (2001).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Platyzona herspera Kues and Batten |
| 2001 | Platyzona hespera Kues and Batten p. 38 fig. 7 |
| 2022 | Platyzona hespera Karapunar and Nützel p. 76 figs. 47, 48 |
| 2023 | Platyzona hespera Wagner p. 5816 |
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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.
†Platyzona hespera Kues and Batten 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Virgilian or 312.80000 to 298.90000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kashirian - Myachkovian | USA (New Mexico) | Platyzona n. sp. (46548) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (New Mexico) | Platyzona hespera (type locality: 46536) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Oklahoma) | Platyzona hespera (91530) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Texas) | Platyzona hespera (170908) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Texas) | Platyzona hespera (217905) |