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Platynus dissipatus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Platynus dissipatus was named by Scudder (1890). Its type specimen is Hinde 14515, an elytra, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Scarborough Bluffs (Hinde collection), which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine deltaic siltstone in the Scarborough Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Platynus dissipatus Scudder p. 521 figs. Pl 1 fig 37
1895Platynus dissipatus Scudder p. 48
1900Platynus dissipatus Scudder p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyPlatyninae()
tribePlatynini
genusPlatynus
speciesdissipatus

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.

Platynus dissipatus Scudder 1890
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Diagnosis
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