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Platycepsion wilkinsoni

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Platyceps wilkinsoni was named by Stephens (1887). Its type specimen is NSWGS 12572, a partial skeleton (Skull, pectoral bird, vertebral column and hind limb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll), which is in a Spathian/Bithynian lacustrine shale in the Terrigal Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Platyceps, Platycepsion.

It was recombined as Blinasaurus wilkinsoni by Cosgriff (1969); it was recombined as Platycepsion wilkinsoni by Kuhn (1961), Warren and Marsicano (1998), Warren and Marsicano (2000), Poropat et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Platyceps wilkinsoni Stephens
1961Platycepsion wilkinsoni Kuhn
1969Blinasaurus wilkinsoni Cosgriff
1998Platycepsion wilkinsoni Warren and Marsicano pp. 333-336
2000Platycepsion wilkinsoni Warren and Marsicano p. 465
2023Platycepsion wilkinsoni Poropat et al. p. 144

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

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.

†Platycepsion wilkinsoni Stephens 1887
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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, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Bithynian or 248.10000 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian - Bithynian248.1 - 244.24Australia (New South Wales) Platyceps wilkinsoni (type locality: 131926)