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Taxonomy
Platylithax robusta was named by Kellogg (1931). Its type specimen is USNM 4339 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian shoreface siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California. It is the type species of Platylithax.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1931 | Platylithax robusta Kellogg p. 388 figs. 125, 126 |
| 1977 | Platylithax robusta Barnes p. 327 figs. Table 3 |
| 2008 | Platylithax robusta Uhen et al. p. 585 |
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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.
†Platylithax robusta Kellogg 1931
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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