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Platyops

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Taxonomy
Platyops was named by Twelvetrees (1880). It is not extant.

It was replaced with Platyoposaurus by Lydekker (1889).

It was assigned to Rachitomi by Watson (1919); and to Archegosauridae by Efremov (1940) and Romer (1947).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Platyops Twelvetrees
1919Platyops Watson p. 67
1940Platyops Efremov p. 106
1947Platyops Romer p. 313

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
superfamilyArchegosauroideavon Meyer 1857
familyArchegosauridaevon Meyer 1857
genusPlatyopsTwelvetrees 1880

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. †Platyops Twelvetrees 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available