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Prosopiscidae
Taxonomy
Prosopiscidae was named by Fortey and Shergold (1984). It is not extant. Its type is Prosopiscus.
It was assigned to Phacopida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Phacopina by Adrain (2011).
It was assigned to Phacopida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Phacopina by Adrain (2011).
Subtaxa
Prosopiscus (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1984 | Prosopiscidae Fortey and Shergold p. 356 |
| 1997 | Prosopiscidae Whittington et al. p. 300 |
| 2011 | Prosopiscidae Adrain p. 106 |
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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.
Fm. †Prosopiscidae Fortey and Shergold 1984
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G. †Prosopiscus Salter 1865
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†Prosopiscus praecox Fortey and Shergold 1984
†Prosopiscus rugosus Lu 1974
†Prosopiscus subparallelus Lu 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class | |||||
| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chewtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Llanvirn or 473.10000 to 460.90000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Arenig | Australia (Queensland) | Prosopiscus sp., Prosopiscus praecox (157053) | |
| Arenig | Australia (Northern Territory) | Prosopiscus praecox (157079) Prosopiscus sp. (157077) Prosopiscus sp., Prosopiscus praecox (157076) | |
| Arenig | China (YunNan) | Prosopiscus sp. (7734) | |
| Chewtonian | Australia (Tasmania) | Prosopiscus subquadratus (79013) | |
| Darriwilian | Australia (Queensland) | Prosopiscus sp. (77521) | |
| Darriwilian | Australia (Northern Territory) | Prosopiscus praecox (154165 154166) | |
| Late/Upper Llanvirn | Argentina (San Juan) | Prosopiscus sp. (73372 73374 73377) | |
| Llandeilo | China (Guizhou) | Prosopiscus rugosus (188422 188425) Prosopiscus subparallelus (188421) |