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Benthamaspis canadensis
Taxonomy
Benthamaspis canadensis was named by Dean (1989) [Paratypes: GSC 62265, 62268, 62270]. Its type specimen is GSC 62269, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC locality 92290, Outram Fm., Biozone J, Alberta, Canada - Dean 1989, which is in a Tremadoc transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Outram Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Benthamaspis canadensis Dean p. 27 figs. Pl. 20, figs. 2, 3, 6 |
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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.
†Benthamaspis canadensis Dean 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||