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Priscopedatus bullatus
Taxonomy
Priscopedatus bullatus was named by Wernlund (1977). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is holotype TTU-N09/44, paratypes TTU-N09/45-49 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pine Springs area, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian basinal (carbonate) floatstone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Priscopedatus bullatus Wernlund pp. 71-72 figs. PI. 3 figs 23-28 |
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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.
†Priscopedatus bullatus Wernlund 1977
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. J. Wernlund 1977 | Sclerite in the form of a table, with spire, without true stirrups, small to medium in size; basal disk circular to subcircular to slightly polygonal, rim undulating; disk perforations small, circular, in only a crude alignment; spire with flared to very bulbous distal end, constricted at base, then flaring slightly at junction with disk, tri-radiate to ribbed circular crosssection, positioned from near margin to near center. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||
Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Priscopedatus bullatus (type locality: 99860) |