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Platylithophycus cretaceus
Taxonomy
Platylithophycus cretaceum was named by Johnson and Howell (1948). It is not extant. It is the type species of Platylithophycus.
It was corrected as Platylithophycus cretaceus by Bronson and Maisey (2018).
It was corrected as Platylithophycus cretaceus by Bronson and Maisey (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1948 | Platylithophycus cretaceum Johnson and Howell |
| 1968 | Platylithophycus cretaceum Miller and Walker p. 180 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,4; pl 2, figs 2-4; pl 3, fig 1 |
| 2018 | Platylithophycus cretaceus Bronson and Maisey p. 745 figs. 1-3, 4.1, 5, 6, 7.1,7.3 |
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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.
†Platylithophycus cretaceus Johnson and Howell 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available