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Platyhelminthes
Taxonomy
Platyhelminthes was named by Gegenbaur (1859).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Platyhelminthes by Edgecombe et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Metazoa by Brooks (1989); to Platyzoa by Passamaneck and Halanych (2006); to Platyzoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011); and to Spiralia by Nielsen (2012).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Platyhelminthes by Edgecombe et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Metazoa by Brooks (1989); to Platyzoa by Passamaneck and Halanych (2006); to Platyzoa by Edgecombe et al. (2011); and to Spiralia by Nielsen (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1859 | Platyhelminthes Gegenbaur |
1989 | Platyhelminthes Brooks p. 609 |
2006 | Platyhelminthes Passamaneck and Halanych |
2011 | Platyhelminthes Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1 |
2012 | Platyhelminthes Nielsen p. 166 figs. Fig. 23.1 |
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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.
Ph. †Platyhelminthes Gegenbaur 1859
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Or. †Rhabdocoela von Graff 1904
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Subor. †Typhloplanoida Graff 1908
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G. †Micropalaeosoma Poinar 2004
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†Micropalaeosoma balticus Poinar 2003
Invalid names: Palaeosoma Poinar 2003 [replaced]
Cl. Trematoda Rudolphi 1808
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Invalid names: Turbellaria Ehrenberg 1831 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 520.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 516.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 516.0 Ma
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Atdabanian | Greenland (Pearyland) | Platyhelminthes indet. (9917) | |
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Belgium (Sauerland) | Digenites proterus (22645) | |
Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | Palaeosoma balticus (125139) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Ontario) | Turbellaria indet. (174229 174230) |