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Platygnathus

Osteolepididae

Taxonomy
Platygnathus was named by Agassiz (1843).

It was assigned to Glyptodipterini by Huxley (1861).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Platygnathus Agassiz p. 177
1861Platygnathus Huxley p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
infraclassOsteolepidida(Boulenger 1901)
familyOsteolepididae
genusPlatygnathus

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. †Platygnathus Agassiz 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available