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Platyspondylia lepta

Osteichthyes - Tropidophiidae

Taxonomy
Platyspondylia lepta was named by Rage (1974). Its type specimen is MNHN PFR 6350, a partial skeleton (numerous vertebrae, a palatine, a quadrate, and an ?articular), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pech du Fraysse, which is in a MP 28 terrestrial horizon in France.

Entered
by J. Head on 2006-03-13; modified by T. Cleary on 2016-08-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Platyspondylia lepta Rage p. 288 figs. 4-6
1984Platyspondylia lepta Rage p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
Macrostomata
familyTropidophiidaeCope 1894
genusPlatyspondylia
specieslepta

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.

Platyspondylia lepta Rage 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: MP 30 or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Platyspondylia lepta (type locality: 36712 36715)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04France Platyspondylia lepta (60282)