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Homothetus fossilis
Taxonomy
Homothetus fossilis was named by Scudder (1867). It is an impression. Its type locality is Plant Bed 8, Fern Ledges, Carleton, Saint John, which is in a Westphalian A estuary/bay shale in the Lancaster Formation of Canada.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1867 | Homothetus fossilis Scudder p. 205 fig. 3 |
| 1868 | Homothetus fossilis Scudder figs. Pl 16, fig 7 |
| 1880 | Homothetus fossilis Scudder pp. 17-20 figs. Pl 1 figs 1, 2 |
| 1885 | Homothetus fossilis Scudder p. 331 |
| 1906 | Homothetus fossilis Handlirsch p. 94 figs. Pl XI fig 5 |
| 1919 | Homothetus fossilis Handlirsch p. 527 |
| 1922 | Homothetus fossilis Handlirsch p. 41 |
| 1984 | Homothetus fossilis Durden p. 176 |
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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.
†Homothetus fossilis Scudder 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian A | Canada (New Brunswick) | Homothetus fossilis (type locality: 114459) |