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Pyraustocranium orbatum
Taxonomy
Pyraustocranium orbatum was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 18065-71]. Its type specimen is YPM 18072, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "F", which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Pyraustocranium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1951 | Pyraustocranium orbatum Ross p. 80 figs. Pl. 18, figs. 3, 4, 7, 8 |
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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.
†Pyraustocranium orbatum Ross 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||