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Copidens browni
Taxonomy
Copidens browni was named by Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson (1977) [Dysodonta? sp. Hill, Playford & Woods 1969 pl. 0 I f. 21]. Its type specimen is COC 15595, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 90. NT 242. 2.4 kilometers southeast of No. 8 Dam, 8.3 kilometers north of Coolibah Yard, Toko Range, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone/sandstone in the Nora Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Copidens.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Copidens browni Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson p. 29 figs. pl. 28 f. 1-8 |
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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.
†Copidens browni Pojeta and Gilbert-Tomlinson 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Meyer et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Darriwilian or 469.40000 to 458.20000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Darriwilian | Australia (Queensland) | Copidens browni (77521 77760 79125) | |
| Darriwilian | Australia (Northern Territory) | Copidens browni (79178 79179 type locality: 79318) |