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Plicatus
Taxonomy
Plicatus was named by Pan and Erwin (2002). It is not extant. Its type is Plicatus scalaris. It is the type genus of Plicatusidae.
It was assigned to Plicatusidae by Pan and Erwin (2002), Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Plicatusidae by Pan and Erwin (2002), Bouchet et al. (2005).
Species
P. multifilaris, P. scalaris (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Plicatus Pan and Erwin p. 38 |
| 2005 | Plicatus Bouchet et al. p. 136 |
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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.
G. †Plicatus Pan and Erwin 2002
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†Plicatus multifilaris Pan and Erwin 2002
†Plicatus scalaris Pan and Erwin 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 0.690 | 0.680 | 0.700 | 0.690 | 0.014 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changhsingian | China (Yunnan) | P. scalaris, P. multifilaris (56943) |