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Platydyptes amiesi

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Platydyptes amiesi was named by Marples (1952). Its type specimen is OM C.50.62-62, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hakataramea Valley, which is in a Waitakian marine sandstone in the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Platydyptes amiesi Marples p. 38 figs. Plate 4, Figure 3
1963Platydyptes amiesi Brodkorb p. 233
1971Platydyptes amiesi Simpson p. 352
1991Platydyptes amiesi Fordyce p. 1177
2009Platydyptes amiesi Mayr p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
genusPlatydyptes
speciesamiesi

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.

Platydyptes amiesi Marples 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available