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Astraspis desiderata
Taxonomy
Astraspis desiderata was named by Walcott (1892). Its type specimen is USNM 8121 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Harding Quarry, northwest of Cañon City, which is in a Franklinian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Harding Sandstone Formation of Colorado. It is the type species of Astraspis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Astraspis desiderata Walcott p. 166 figs. pI. 3, figs 6--14; pI. 4, figs 1-4; pI. 5, fig. 3 |
| 1902 | Astraspis desiderata Hay p. 342 |
| 1997 | Astraspis desiderata Sansom et al. pp. 628 - 636 figs. pls. 1-4; txt. f. 3-8 |
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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.
†Astraspis desiderata Walcott 1892
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Invalid names: Astraspis splendens Orvig 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Franklinian to the top of the Caradoc or 457.30000 to 449.50000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Caradoc | USA (Colorado) | Astraspis desiderata, Astraspis splendens (10380) | |
| Franklinian | USA (Colorado) | Astraspis desiderata (type locality: 155756 155772) | |
| Franklinian | Canada (Ontario) | Astraspis desiderata (90381 90403 90404 90405 90406 90407 90408 90409 90410 90411 90412) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Wyoming) | Astraspis desiderata (65239) |