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Platyspinites

Coeloscleritophora - Chancelloriida

Taxonomy
Platyspinites was named by Vassiljeva (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tomm-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1006].

It was assigned to Chancelloriida by Parkhaev and Demidenko (2010).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Platyspinites Vassiljeva p. 125
2010Platyspinites Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 905

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
classCoeloscleritophoraBengston and Missarzhevsky 1981
RankNameAuthor
orderChancelloriidaWalcott 1920
genusPlatyspinitesVassiljeva 1985

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. †Platyspinites Vassiljeva 1985
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Platyspinites elegans Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010"Sclerites composed of numerous (4–16) calvate radial spines, arranged vertically along periphery of sclerite, and surrounding vertical central spines (1–4), situated in checkerboard order. All spines tightly adjoin each other."
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 09:30:01
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:32:40
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tommotian or 525.50000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meishucunian - Tommotian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) P. digitatus, P. elegans (96449)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) P. digitiformis (80796 80809)