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Diacanthaspis orandensis
Taxonomy
Diacanthaspis orandensis was named by Whittington (1956) [Paratypes: USNM 116524a-f]. Its type specimen is USNM 116523, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 8, Greenmount Church area, which is in a Turinian carbonate limestone in the Oranda Formation of Virginia.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1956 | Diacanthaspis orandensis Whittington p. 228 figs. Pl. 10, figs. 1, 3, 5-7 |
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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 orandensis Whittington 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||