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Platycycloides

Cyclocystoidea - Apycnodiscidae

Taxonomy
Platycycloides was named by Boczarowski (2001). Its type is Platycycloides foraminis.

It was assigned to Apycnodiscidae by Boczarowski (2001).

Species
P. foraminis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Platycycloides Boczarowski p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classCyclocystoideaMiller and Gurley 1895
familyApycnodiscidae
genusPlatycycloides

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. †Platycycloides Boczarowski 2001
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†Platycycloides foraminis Boczarowski 2001
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Boczarowski 2001Smooth, cylindrical crest concave axially. Two large, flattened lobe−shaped radial processes well developed, either connected proximally to form a large oval foramen, or disconnected and defining a C−shaped slit.