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Platycephalidae

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Platycephalidae

Taxonomy
Platycephalidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Platycephaliformes by Jordan (1963); to Perciformes by Betancur et al. (2013); and to Scorpaeniformes by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Platycephalidae Jordan p. 711
2013Platycephalidae Betancur et al.
2016Platycephalidae Nelson et al. p. 477

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
familyPlatycephalidae
familyPlatycephalidae

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.

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G. Platycephalus Bloch 1795
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†Platycephalus aculeatus Stinton and Nolf 1970
†Platycephalus iaiunus Schwarzhans 2019
†Platycephalus lafondi Steurbaut 1984
†Platycephalus maxwelli Schwarzhans 1980
†Platycephalus parapercoides Schwarzhans 1980
†Platycephalus petilus Stinton 1957
†Platycephalus poyartinensis Steurbaut 1984
†Platycephalus riremoana Schwarzhans 2019
G. Suggrundus Whitley 1930
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†Suggrundus waitakiensis Schwarzhans 1980
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 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Mangaorapan to the top of the Pleistocene or 53.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 49.5 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9France Platycephalus aculeatus (220174)
Mangaorapan53.0 - 49.5New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus parapercoides (219499)
Mangaorapan - Heretaungan53.0 - 46.2New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus iaiunus (219501) Platycephalus parapercoides (219500)
Heretaungan49.5 - 46.2New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus parapercoides, Platycephalus iaiunus (219498)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium Platycephalus aculeatus (123069)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Lower Saxony,) Platycephalus sp. (188954)
Porangan46.2 - 43.0New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus parapercoides (219502)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus parapercoides (219504 219508 219509) Platycephalus parapercoides, Platycephalus iaiunus (219322 219503)
Runangan36.0 - 34.3New Zealand Platycephalus riremoana (219494)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus maxwelli (219570 219612 219615) Platycephalus waitakiensis (219331) Suggrundus waitakiensis (219569)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus maxwelli (219334 219336 219579 219580 219582)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Platycephalus petilus (174215)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus maxwelli (219591)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (South Island) Platycephalus maxwelli (219318 219592 219598 219599 219606 219744) Platycephalus sp. (219341)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Platycephalus petilus (72231)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Kagoshima) Platycephalus indicus (161455)