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Platypterna

Reptilia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Harpedactylus Hitchcock p. 24
1845Platypterna Hitchcock p. 24
1845Calopus Hitchcock p. 25
1845Platypterna Hitchcock p. 25
1848Platypterna Hitchcock p. 188
1848Harpedactylus Hitchcock p. 206
1882Platypterna Quenstedt p. 131
1898Platypterna Hitchcock p. 401
1904Platypterna Lull p. 515
1904Harpedactylus Lull p. 527
1917Platypterna Lull p. 119
1917Harpedactylus Lull p. 122
1952Platypterna Bock p. 408
1958Harpedactylus Kuhn p. 18
1958Platypterna Kuhn p. 25
1971Platypterna Haubold p. 81
1974Harpedactylus Haubold p. 36
1974Platypterna Haubold p. 46

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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
RankNameAuthor
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Saurischia()
genusPlatypterna

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. †Platypterna Hitchcock 1845
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Platypterna concamerata Hitchcock 1848
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Invalid names: Platypterna varica Hitchcock 1858 [synonym]
Platypterna deanii Hitchcock 1837
Platypterna delicatula Hitchcock 1841
Platypterna digitigrada Hitchcock 1858
Platypterna gracillima Hitchcock 1858
Platypterna lockatong Bock 1952
Platypterna recta Hitchcock 1848
Platypterna tenuis Hitchcock 1837
Invalid names: Calopus Hitchcock 1845 [synonym], Harpedactylus Hitchcock 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Hitchcock 1848Heel very broad, as well as the foot at the roots of the toes. Toes slender; for the most part curved. Feet plantigrade.
E. Hitchcock 1848 (Harpedactylus)Leptodactylous; three to four-toed. Toes all curved inward, like sickles.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Norian to the top of the Hettangian or 228.00000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Pennsylvania) P. lockatong (68706)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Massachusetts) P. varica, P. digitigrada, Harpedactylus rectus, Harpedactylus crassus, P. gracillima (52986)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Connecticut) Harpedactylus sp., Ornithoidichnites delicatulus, Ornithoidichnites tenuis, Ornithoidichnites deanii (53000) Sauroidichnites tenuissimus, Harpedactylus sp., P. tenuis, Ornithoidichnites deanii (53023)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Ornithoidichnites delicatulus (52994) Ornithoidichnites tenuis (53028) P. deanii, Harpedactylus concamerata, P. digitigrada, Harpedactylus gracilior, Harpedactylus gracilis (52996) P. sp., P. concamerata, P. varica, Harpedactylus rectus (52998) P. varica (62844) P. varica, P. digitigrada (52987) Sauroidichnites tenuissimus, Harpedactylus concameratus, Harpedactylus rectus, Harpedactylus gracilis (52985)