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Platyspinites elegans

Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida

Taxonomy
Platyspinites elegans was named by Parkhaev and Demidenko (2010). Its type specimen is PIN, no. 4552/2839 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Platyspinites elegans Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 907 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
classCoeloscleritophoraBengston and Missarzhevsky 1981
RankNameAuthor
orderChancelloriidaWalcott 1920
genusPlatyspinitesVassiljeva 1985
specieselegans

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.

†Platyspinites elegans Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available