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Platillaenus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Platillaenus was named by Jaanusson (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llvi O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 382]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Illaenidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Platillaenus Jaanusson
2002Platillaenus Jell and Adrain p. 426
2002Platillaenus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPlatillaenusJaanusson 1954

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. †Platillaenus Jaanusson 1954
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Platillaenus erastusi Raymond 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-22 03:42:55
Modified: 2010-01-22 05:42:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Johvi or 467.30000 to 449.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina P. sp. (8721)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Illaenus erastusi (56215 172171 172229 172232 172295 172316 172317 172318 172331)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) P. erastusi (103289)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) P. erastusi (103280 103301 103316)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Australia (Tasmania) P. sp. (2674)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Russian Federation P. jevensis (167738)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Russian Federation P. jevensis (167737)