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Xystracanthus major
Taxonomy
Xystracanthus major was named by Waagen (1879). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Musakheyl, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian marine limestone in Pakistan.
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2009-07-15
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1879 | Xystracanthus major Waagen p. 19 figs. Pl 2, fig 9 |
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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.
†Xystracanthus major Waagen 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023 | |||||
Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian | Pakistan | Xystracanthus major (type locality: 90258) |