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Platycythereis

Ostracoda - Podocopida

Taxonomy
Platycythereis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. velata

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Platycythereis Sepkoski, Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumMandibulata
—Pancrustacea
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classOstracoda
suborderPodocopa(Sars 1865)
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
genusPlatycythereis

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available