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Calyptaulax incepta
Taxonomy
Calyptaulax incepta was named by Whittington (1965). Its type specimen is GSC 18368, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Table Point, "Lower Table Head", Bed 8.10, which is in a Whiterockian shallow subtidal limestone in the Table Point Formation of Canada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1965 | Calyptaulax incepta Whittington p. 428 figs. Pl. 67, figs. 1-3, 6 |
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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.
†Calyptaulax incepta Whittington 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Whiterockian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Calyptaulax incepta (104867 104884) Calyptaulax sp. (type locality: 104883) |