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Cryptoplax
Taxonomy
Cryptoplax was named by Blainville (1818) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Acanthochitonidae by Ladd (1966); to Cryptoplacidae by Wells and Houston (2001); and to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Acanthochitonidae by Ladd (1966); to Cryptoplacidae by Wells and Houston (2001); and to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1818 | Cryptoplax Blainville p. 124 |
| 1966 | Cryptoplax Ladd p. 24 |
| 2001 | Cryptoplax Wells and Houston p. 45 |
| 2002 | Cryptoplax Sepkoski |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Messinian or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | Marshall Islands | C. sp. A (78032 78033) | |
| Sarmatian | Slovakia | C. sp. (145974) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Marshall Islands | C. sp. A (77976) C. sp. B (77977) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | C. ludbrookae (63436) | |
| Messinian | Fiji | C. sp., C. menkrawitensis (78060) |