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Platysomus swaffordae

Palaeonisciformes - Platysomidae

Taxonomy
Platysomus swaffordae was named by Mickle and Bader (2009). Its type specimen is KUVP 145134, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is KU-WAB-12, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, which is in a Gzhelian estuary/bay shale in the Wood Siding Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Platysomus swaffordae Mickle and Bader p. 213 figs. 2-4,5D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
orderPalaeonisciformesHay 1902
suborderPlatysomoidei()
familyPlatysomidae
genusPlatysomus
speciesswaffordae

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.

†Platysomus swaffordae Mickle and Bader 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:35:42
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:35:42
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Platysomus swaffordae (type locality: 120926)