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Platycepsion

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Platyceps Stephens
1964Platycepsion Kuhn p. 325
1998Platycepsion Warren and Marsicano pp. 333-336
2000Platycepsion Warren and Marsicano p. 465

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyBrachyopidae
genusPlatycepsion

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. †Platycepsion Kuhn 1964
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Platycepsion wilkinsoni Stephens 1887
Invalid names: Platyceps Stephens 1887 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Messinian or 251.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian - Bithynian251.3 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) Platyceps wilkinsoni (131926)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Platyceps planicarinatus (144566)