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Psalikilopsis cuspidicauda
Taxonomy
Psalikilopsis cuspidicauda was named by Ross (1953) [Paratypes: YPM 19775-8.]. Its type specimen is YPM 18774, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, recollection of lower "G(2)" zone, which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Psalikilopsis.
It was corrected as Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata by Ross (1953), Adrain et al. (2003).
It was corrected as Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata by Ross (1953), Adrain et al. (2003).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata Ross p. 639 figs. 639, pl. 63, figs 2-9, 12 |
| 1953 | Psalikilopsis cuspidicauda Ross p. 639 figs. Pl. 63, figs. 4, 5, 9 |
| 2003 | Psalikilopsis cuspicaudata Adrain et al. p. 560 |
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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.
†Psalikilopsis cuspidicauda Ross 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||