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Platypterna deanii
Taxonomy
Ornithichnites deanii was named by Hitchcock (1837). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is The Cove, Wethersfield, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Portland Formation of Connecticut. It is the type species of Platypterna.
It was recombined as Ornithoidichnites deanii by Hitchcock (1841); it was recombined as Platypterna deanianus by Hitchcock (1845); it was recombined as Platypterna deaniana by Hitchcock (1848), Warren (1854), Hitchcock (1871), Hitchcock (1889), Hitchcock (1898), Hay (1902), Lull (1904) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Platypterna deanii by Lull (1917), Hitchcock and Grier (1927) and Haubold (1971).
It was recombined as Ornithoidichnites deanii by Hitchcock (1841); it was recombined as Platypterna deanianus by Hitchcock (1845); it was recombined as Platypterna deaniana by Hitchcock (1848), Warren (1854), Hitchcock (1871), Hitchcock (1889), Hitchcock (1898), Hay (1902), Lull (1904) and Hay (1930); it was recombined as Platypterna deanii by Lull (1917), Hitchcock and Grier (1927) and Haubold (1971).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1837 | Ornithichnites deanii Hitchcock p. 175 |
1841 | Ornithoidichnites deanii Hitchcock p. 493 |
1845 | Platypterna deanianus Hitchcock p. 25 |
1848 | Platypterna deaniana Hitchcock p. 189 |
1854 | Platypterna deaniana Warren p. 29 |
1871 | Platypterna deaniana Hitchcock p. xxi |
1889 | Platypterna deaniana Hitchcock p. 118 |
1898 | Platypterna deaniana Hitchcock p. 401 |
1902 | Platypterna deaniana Hay p. 549 |
1904 | Platypterna deaniana Lull p. 516 |
1917 | Platypterna deanii Lull p. 119 |
1927 | Platypterna deanii Hitchcock and Grier p. 192 |
1930 | Platypterna deaniana Hay p. 18 |
1971 | Platypterna deanii Haubold p. 82 |
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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.
†Platypterna deanii Hitchcock 1837
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Sinemurian or 201.30000 to 190.80000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Hettangian - Sinemurian | USA (Massachusetts) | Platypterna deanii (52996) | |
Hettangian - Sinemurian | USA (Connecticut) | Ornithoidichnites deanii (type locality: 53000 53023) |