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Platycrinites ellesmerense
Taxonomy
Platycrinites ellesmerense was named by Broadhead and Strimple (1977). Its type specimen is GSC 34066, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East Cape, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Capitanian marine siliciclastic in the Trold Fiord Formation of Canada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Platycrinites ellesmerense Broadhead and Strimple p. 1170 figs. 2B,C; pl 1, figs 1,2,4,5 |
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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.
†Platycrinites ellesmerense Broadhead and Strimple 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 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 | Canada (Nunavut) | Platycrinites ellesmerense (type locality: 104953) |