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Platyaxum

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4882501https://www.gbif.org/species/4882501
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)4995https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=4995
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Coenitidae : Platyaxum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Coenitidae : Platyaxum
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyCoenitidaeSardeson 1896
genusPlatyaxumDavis 1887
Scientific NamePlatyaxum Davis, 1887
Name Published InKentucky Geol. Surv., 1887, pl. lx, fig
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Platyaxumgenusbelongs to Coenitidaestated with evidenceHill, 1981
Platyaxumgenusbelongs to Tabulatasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance388 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Tabulata)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietsuspension feeder, photosymbiotic (based on Tabulata)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Tabulata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1887Platyaxum Davis
1981Platyaxum Hill
2002Platyaxum Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Kentucky Geol. Surv., 1887, pl. lx, fig - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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