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Protopliomerops quattuor
Taxonomy
Protopliomerops quattuor was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26388-9, 26391-3 (AMNH). Questionably assigned to genus by author.]. Its type specimen is 26390 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H-20, which is in a Blackhillsian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Fillmore Formation of Utah.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Protopliomerops quattuor Hintze p. 209 figs. Pl. 21, figs. 9 |
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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.
†Protopliomerops quattuor Hintze 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 480.80000 to 470.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tulean | USA (Utah) | Protopliomerops quattuor (104101) Protopliomerops sp. 4 (104082) | |
| Blackhillsian | USA (Utah) | Protopliomerops quattuor (type locality: 69261 105779 105780) Protopliomerops sp. 4 (104119) |