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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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Platyhelminthes Gegenbaur
1989Platyhelminthes Brooks p. 609
2006Platyhelminthes Passamaneck and Halanych
2011Platyhelminthes Edgecombe et al. p. 153 figs. Fig. 1
2012Platyhelminthes Nielsen p. 166 figs. Fig. 23.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
RankNameAuthor
Spiralia
superphylumPlatyzoaCavalier-Smith 1998
phylumPlatyhelminthesGegenbaur 1859
phylumPlatyhelminthesGegenbaur 1859

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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G. †Digenites Poinar and Boucot 2006
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Digenites proterus Poinar and Boucot 2006
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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0Greenland (Pearyland) Platyhelminthes indet. (9917)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Belgium (Sauerland) Digenites proterus (22645)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Palaeosoma balticus (125139)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Turbellaria indet. (174229 174230)