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Diacanthaspis secretus
Taxonomy
Diacanthaspis secretus was named by Whittington (1956) [Paratypes: 116520a-d]. Its type specimen is USNM 116519, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 2. edge of quarry, just north of RR tracks ΒΌ mile west of Strasburg Junction, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Diacanthaspis secretus Whittington p. 220 figs. Pl. 7, figs. 1, 3, 5, 11 |
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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.
†Diacanthaspis secretus Whittington 1956
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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: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turinian | USA (Virginia) | Diacanthaspis secretus (73342) | |
| Ashbyan | USA (Virginia) | Diacanthaspis secretus (type locality: 73341 73345) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Virginia) | Diacanthaspis secretus (73343) |