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Platyxanthidae
Taxonomy
Platyxanthidae was named by Guinot (1977). It is extant. Its type is Platyxanthus.
It was assigned to Xanthoidea by Schweitzer (2005); and to Eriphioidea by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Xanthoidea by Schweitzer (2005); and to Eriphioidea by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Platyxanthidae Guinot |
| 2005 | Platyxanthidae Schweitzer p. 287 |
| 2006 | Platyxanthidae Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 52 |
| 2010 | Platyxanthidae Schweitzer et al. p. 132 |
| 2017 | Platyxanthidae Luque et al. p. 36 |
| 2020 | Platyxanthidae Schweitzer et al. p. 4 |
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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
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Messinian | Panama (Bocas del Toro) | Platyxanthus sp. (228714) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | Platyxanthus sp. (228538) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | Platyxanthus sp. (228539) |