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Paraplethopeltis minuta
Taxonomy
Paraplethopeltis minuta was named by Heller (1954). Its type specimen is U. Mo. No. 10355, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MR-26. Southeast facing slope, sw of Pine Hollow School, 110 above Birch Tree Rd, which is in a Migneintian carbonate limestone in the Roubidoux Formation of Missouri.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1954 | Paraplethopeltis minuta Heller p. 45 figs. Pl. 18, fig. 14-15 |
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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.
†Paraplethopeltis minuta Heller 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||
Age range: Migneintian or 481.10000 to 477.10000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Migneintian | USA (Missouri) | Paraplethopeltis minuta (type locality: 50204) |