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Psephosthenaspis ellipsepyga
Taxonomy
Ludvigsenella ellipsepyga was named by Tremblay and Westrop (1991). Its type specimen is ROM 47733, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is District of Mackenzie, Sunblood Range (BVF), which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Sunblood Formation of Canada.
It was recombined as Psephosthenaspis ellipsepyga by Fortey and Droser (1996).
It was recombined as Psephosthenaspis ellipsepyga by Fortey and Droser (1996).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1991 | Ludvigsenella ellipsepyga Tremblay and Westrop p. 816 figs. 15.5, 15.6 |
| 1996 | Psephosthenaspis ellipsepyga Fortey and Droser p. 82 |
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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.
†Psephosthenaspis ellipsepyga Tremblay and Westrop 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Whiterockian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Ludvigsenella ellipsepyga (102258 102259 102262 102265 type locality: 102480) | |
| Whiterockian | USA (Nevada) | Goniotelina sp. (104523) |